Bitcoin Steady Above $11,400 as Hashrate Reaches New High

Data shows the Bitcoin mining hashrate seems to have hit a plateau since the beginning of March, after observing a steady rise for many months. Bitcoin Mining Hashrate Has Mostly Moved Sideways In The Past Month According to the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, the BTC hashrate has broken its upwards movement and has […]

Bitcoin’s hashrate tapped a lifetime high on the first day of 2022 reaching 209.39 exahash per second (EH/s). During the last 12 months, Bitcoin’s hashrate has increased by 47.92% from the 141.55 EH/s recorded on January 3, 2021. Bitcoin’s Hashpower Reaches a New Milestone The processing power and security dedicated to the Bitcoin (BTC) network has never been higher, and the network tapped a milestone in 2022. According to the one-year hashrate chart hosted on coinwarz.com, BTC’s hashrate tapped a high of 209.39 EH/s on January 1, 2022. At the time of....

According to statistics on October 5, the total computational power backing the Bitcoin network tapped a fresh all-time high reaching 321.15 exahash per second (EH/s). Just after the record high, the network’s total hashrate was coasting along above the 300 EH/s on Wednesday afternoon (ET) at around 303.87 (EH/s). Bitcoin’s Hashrate Reaches a Lifetime High in Terms of Hashes per Second On Wednesday, at block height 757,214, statistics from coinwarz.com shows Bitcoin’s total hashrate reached an all-time high (ATH). BTC’s network hashpower data indicates that the....

Following the all-time high (ATH) recorded in May, Ethereum’s hashrate has been breaking records again, as it reached 132 petahash per second (PH/s) on Saturday, June 4. Presently, Ethereum’s hashrate is coasting along at 129 PH/s and the network’s top mining pool Ethermine commands 0.24% of the network’s hashrate. Ethereum’s Hashrate Captures Another Record High This Year On June 2, Bitcoin.com News reported on the top five mining pools retaining over 71% of Bitcoin’s hashrate during the month of May. BTC’s hashrate at the time had a rough....

There's certainly been a lot of discussion lately with regard to the Ghash.io mining pool. Consistently reaching a high bitcoin network hashrate (exceeding 40 percent), the pool has been viewed by many in the community as a bad player. Why is this a big deal? Because when a pool reaches 51 percent network hashrate, they may have the ability to carry out malevolent attacks. These include excluding transactions, reversing transactions while in control, and more. But now, amid all of the bad press, Ghash.io and sister company Cex.io have released a statement on the matter, and the....