Mining Milestone: Bitcoin Hashrate Hits Record 808 EH/s on New Year’s Eve
Much like the end of 2023, when Bitcoin broke records with its transactional volumes and hashrate, the cryptocurrency rang in New Year’s Eve with a bang. The network’s computational power hit a jaw-dropping peak of 808 e...
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