Expert Says Bitcoin Miners Are Expanding Beyond Mining Into Energy Infrastructure
The Bitcoin network received a fresh difficulty bump this week at block height 951552, with the protocol dialing things up by 1.72%. Meanwhile, the network’s hashrate kept flexing its muscles, climbing past the 1,000 exa...
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