From High Gear to Grind: Bitcoin Hashrate Slides 75 EH/s After Etching New Record
Bitcoin’s hashrate hit a record-setting 943 exahash per second (EH/s) on May 31, but in the days since then, the network’s processing power has dipped by more than 75 EH/s. Bitcoin’s Block Time Slows as Miners Buckle Und...
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