China mining shock may not be over yet, experts suggest
Despite Bitcoin’s perceived hash rate recovery, analysts noted that the recent 150 EH/s reading was based on a short 24-hour window. Earlier this year, the Chinese government took the momentous step to ban any crypto mining operations based within its borders, causing a massive exodus of hashing power — 168 exa hashes per second (EH/s) to nearly 86 EH/s as of June 23, representing a drop of nearly 40% — from China to surrounding countries. As a quick refresher, the hash rate refers to the total computational power needed to acquire a single Bitcoin (BTC). In other words, one can say that....
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Bitcoin mining took a big hit when the Chinese authorities commenced a crackdown on crypto mining. This had led to an exodus of miners out of China. Which had been the world’s headquarters of mining at the time. Over 70% of the entire mining in the world is carried out in China before the crackdown […]
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China has once again reinforced its position on cryptocurrencies. Even though crypto mining is illegal in the country, some have chosen to operate illegally. To this effect, China has added crypto-mining to the ‘negative list’ of industries. This latest effort means that investors can no longer invest in the crypto mining sector. A document released […]