Bitcoin’s hashrate fell to a seven-month low during the storm. Well-capitalised miners with curtailment deals made huge margins by selling power back to the grid. Stock prices for some miners have had ...

Bitcoin is due for another difficulty adjustment this week. It’s expected that the next mining difficulty adjustment will drop. That means a weaker network — should investors be worried? For the fifth ...

Can Bitcoin mining heat grow food? A Manitoba pilot explores using crypto server heat to cut greenhouse energy costs and emissions. Bitcoin mining produces large amounts of heat that are typically ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For someone who cares about climate change, Matt Carlsson had what seemed like a ...

Bitcoin’s most recent halving took place in 2024, cutting the reward miners receive for each new block (David Pereiras/The Noun Project) While today’s data center conversation revolves around AI, ...

Add Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North American Bitcoin mining pools saw a decline in block share last year. The shift has been bolstered by demand for AI ...

For someone who cares about climate change, Matt Carlsson had what seemed like a dream job: teaching clients how to decarbonize buildings. But he was frustrated. He could give customers the tools to ...

The idea of repurposing the heat generated by Bitcoin mining to heat homes and greenhouses has been floating around for a few years. As with engineers out there, somebody is out to give these ideas a ...

The Bitcoin network’s mining difficulty eased to 146.4 trillion on January 8, with the next adjustment expected to rise to 148.2 trillion. Miners are facing lower profits due to the 2024 halving and ...

One of the side effects of the energy-intensive process of bitcoin mining is the excess heat that is created by the involved hardware devices. Miners have to prove that they’ve expended energy on ...

Superheat has unveiled a new residential water heater that doubles as a Bitcoin miner, turning excess heat from computing processors into both hot water and crypto earnings. Revealed at CES 2026, the ...

Canaan deployed 360 liquid-cooled Bitcoin miners in Manitoba to capture waste heat for greenhouse agriculture, targeting 90% energy recovery at $0.035 per kWh as renewable energy now powers 52% of ...