BTC’s Price Rise Gives 5-Year-Old Mining Rigs New Life — Bitcoin Hashrate Jum...
As bitcoin’s value has increased, the global hashrate has been steadily climbing higher week after week. On Sunday, the hashrate dedicated to the Bitcoin network is hovering just above the 155 exahash (EH/s) handle and bitcoin’s price has made a great number of mining rigs more profitable. Older generation mining rigs like Bitmain’s Antminer S9 series with hashrate speeds around 11 TH/s or higher are also profiting. Bitcoin Hashrate Climbs, Mining Rigs Gather Higher Profits Six days ago, Bitcoin’s overall hashpower was around 130 exahash per second....
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Bitcoin’s hashrate climbed to an all-time high (ATH) this week touching 166 exahash per second (EH/s) on October 14. Meanwhile, despite the recent price rise and hashrate ATH on Wednesday, only a small group of next-generation mining rigs are profiting at current bitcoin exchange rates. The price of bitcoin (BTC) is hovering just above the $11K region and during the last few days, the network’s hashrate has touched a new ATH. At the time of writing, BTC’s hashrate is fluctuating between 130 to 140 exahash per second (EH/s), and on Wednesday evening (ET) the metric....
While the bitcoin economy has swelled in value, the overall network hashrate has gradually climbed higher as miners are making a lot of money confirming blocks. However, obtaining bitcoin mining rigs isn’t so easy these days, and regional reports from China indicate a great number of ASIC manufacturers are sold out for months. Moreover, because of the clear shortage, bitcoin mining rigs being sold on secondary markets have seen values increase by 30-40% per machine. Bitcoin Mining Rigs in China Sell Out, Miners Grow Worried About Future Supply Bitcoin mining is extremely competitive,....
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....
On-chain data reveals Bitcoin mining hashrate has trippled in the past two months. Miners can expect the difficulty to rise 12% soon. Bitcoin Mining Hashrate Is Now 152B GH/s As pointed out by a CryptoQuant post, the mining hashrate of the cryptocurrency continues to recover from the crash. Currently, the metric’s value stands around 152B […]
During the last 90 days, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been climbing higher and has been slowly nearing the all-time high (ATH) the network captured six months ago in May. The accelerated hashrate has caused the network difficulty to rise, as Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has adjusted upward nine times in a row to date and it’s closing in on the network difficulty ATH recorded six months ago. Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Approaches Lifetime High Bitcoin’s mining difficulty is approaching the all-time high recorded on May 13, 2021. The network’s difficulty is....