Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Becca Bratcher is an author and journalist specializing in crypto. Over the past few years, the United States, specifically Texas, ...

Bitcoin mining is the process of validating Bitcoin transactions and minting new coins. Since Bitcoin is decentralized, there's no central authority managing transactions or issuing coins, as with ...

CoinShares says up to 20% of Bitcoin miners may be unprofitable at current hashprice levels, particularly those running older machines or paying higher power costs. Bitcoin mining economics are ...

How do Bitcoin miners make money? Mara and Riot weren't originally Bitcoin miners. Mara was a patent holding company, while Riot was a struggling medical device maker named Bioptix. But as the Bitcoin ...

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty just logged its second sizeable cut of 2026, easing conditions for remaining miners as competition from artificial intelligence data centers rises. Bitcoin’s mining ...

The decline in Bitcoin (BTC) price has changed the course of the crypto industry. Companies are either shutting down Bitcoin mining operations or pivoting to artificial intelligence (AI). Bitcoin ...

Some Bitcoin mining companies are turning away from cryptocurrency and embracing artificial intelligence. NPR's "The Indicator" podcast explains why. There is a big shift happening in the world of ...

Bitcoin's mining difficulty dropped 11%, the largest decline since China's crackdown in 2021, driven by plummeting prices and severe winter storms in the U.S. Miners are facing significant challenges, ...

Bitcoin’s total network hashrate has dropped about 12 percent since November 11, its largest decline since 2021, after severe U.S. winter storms forced major miners to shut down operations. Daily ...