Myriad Proof-of-Work Blockchains See Significant Hashrate Losses
While there’s been a lot of concentration on bitcoin mining crackdowns in China and Bitcoin’s recent hashrate loss on Monday, many other digital assets have seen hashrates drop significantly as well. Some of the largest digital currencies, in terms of market valuation, lost considerable dedicated hashpower over the last few days. PoW Chains Feel the Wrath of the Great ASIC and GPU Exodus Lots of crypto advocates have been focused on China and Bitcoin’s (BTC) hashrate losing a large percentage of hashpower. Data shows on Monday, June 28, that BTC’s hashrate did drop....
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There’s a new type of token gaining popularity in the crypto space with the launch of coins that are backed by a specific amount of proof-of-work (PoW) hashrate. On January 6, 2021, Binance launched a new project called the bitcoin standard hashrate token (BTCST), a coin that represents 0.1 terahash (TH/s). Furthermore, the mining operation Poolin has also revealed a hashrate token called pBTC35A and each token represents 1 TH/s hashrate with pre-determined SHA256 processing power. Tokens Backed by Proof-of-Work The Bitcoin (BTC) network has seen the protocol’s hashrate....
Ethereum Classic’s hashrate surpassed the 40 terahash per second (TH/s) region last Wednesday and four days later, the network’s hashpower reached an all-time high (ATH) at 48.82 TH/s on September 4. Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) is expected to take place eight days from now, and a great deal of hashrate has left the crypto asset’s network during the last few days.
Ethereum Classic’s Hashrate Runs Hot Skyrocketing Toward 50 Terahash
The sibling blockchain of Ethereum, known as Ethereum Classic, has been....
Since the transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), ethereum cannot be mined and miners are now dedicating hashrate to different PoW chains. Since ethereum can no longer be mined, the most profitable PoW consensus algorithms are Kadena, Scrypt, and Cuckatoo32. Five days ago, before The Merge, the consensus algorithm Ethash was the most profitable, as the top miner raked in $79.53 per day in profits. Today’s top mining rig, with Ethereum out of the picture, accrues roughly $69.41 per day mining kadena. Today’s Top 7 Mineable PoW Algorithms Include Kadena,....
Ethereum hashrate has been on the rise in recent times. The cryptocurrency has been one of the most profitable ventures for crypto miners and as more people flocked to enjoy some of the spoils, the hashrate has skyrocketed. It has now hit multiple all-time highs in just the space of May alone. However, the question remains if the price of the digital asset is set to do as well as it has done in terms of its mining hashrate. Ethereum Hashrate Hits New ATH The month of May would prove to be a very good one for Ethereum when it comes to mining. After steadily climbing through the month of....
It is a widely acknowledged fact that many blockchains require large amounts of electricity to operate securely. This downside is primarily associated with blockchains that use the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism — since they require large networks of power-hungry cryptocurrency mining rigs to work together to ward off attacks. According to current estimates, the Bitcoin […]