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Mining Pools News
A mining pool is an association of miners that combine their computing resources to mine cryptocurrency blocks and split the reward equally, according to the contributed amount of work. Mining pools became necessary when the difficulty of proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining increased so much that it became impossible for the average miner to mine a full block. The growing difficulty led to the establishment of the first mining pools for Bitcoin. Today, Bitcoin mining pools are the most influential communities in the Bitcoin network and are the major organs that decide whether new forks should be implemented. There are also Ethereum mining pools, Litecoin mining pools and mining pools of other major cryptocurrencies that are too hard to mine alone. There are also mining multipools that switch from one cryptocurrency to another when it becomes more profitable to mine.
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The IMF has reportedly blocked Pakistan’s plan to use cheap electricity for crypto mining, warning it could destabilize the energy market.
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In what looks to be the most dramatic decline in three years, Bitcoin’s hashrate dropped over 15% between June 15 and Tuesday.
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Discover how to mine Bitcoin at home in 2025 using the latest ASIC hardware, optimized mining software, low-cost electricity setups and secure wallets to maximize efficiency and profitability.
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Russian authorities found 95 mining rigs and a mobile transformer in a KamAZ truck illegally tapping power meant for a village in Buryatia.
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A Bitcoin miner secured a $330,000 block reward despite network difficulty surging to a record 126.98 trillion.
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The world’s biggest Bitcoin miner achieved record annualized revenue as its Bitcoin holdings surpassed $5 billion.
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Arkansas has been resistant to crypto mining, with repeated community pushbacks over noise, energy use and sustainability concerns.
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Bitdeer secured $60 million to expand ASIC production and self-mining as Bitcoin’s hashrate hit record highs and miner profits faced pressure.
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A solo Bitcoin miner successfully mined Bitcoin block 887,212 using a pocket-sized Bitaxe machine and banked around $263,000.
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Despite spinning off Fortitude Mining, Foundry retains the largest Bitcoin mining pool with over 30% of the network’s hashrate.
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Discover the key factors influencing cryptocurrency mining profitability in 2025, including electricity costs, hardware efficiency, mining difficulty and evolving regulations.
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Hashrate dominance continues to be debated due to the pseudonymous and geographically distributed nature of Bitcoin mining.
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Data from CryptoQuant showed that 25,367 BTC flowed out of miner wallets as Bitcoin approached $90,000 on Nov. 12.
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Europe’s biggest telecommunications provider plans to mine Bitcoin using surplus energy from renewable sources that would otherwise go unused.
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