Study: Amid Mining Bans, China Still Commands World’s Second-Largest Share of...

Study: Amid Mining Bans, China Still Commands World’s Second-Largest Share of...

New data stemming from the latest Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) report on bitcoin mining indicates that China still holds the second position in terms of global hashrate. While China commands close to 22% of Bitcoin’s global hashrate, the United States currently dominates with 37.69%, according to CCAF researchers. China Is Still the World’s Second-Largest Concentration of Bitcoin Miners The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance updated the organization’s bitcoin mining data and map in order to highlight 2022 hashrate statistics. In....


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