Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Korok Ray is a PhD economist/professor who researches/teaches Bitcoin. Early Facebook investor Peter Thiel once advised future ...
Bitcoin mining has reached record scale, but a new report shows profits are shrinking fast, leaving miners more exposed to ...
The Bitcoin mining industry has faced a harsher operating environment since the 2024 halving, a core feature of Bitcoin’s monetary design that cuts block rewards roughly every four years to enforce ...
Bitcoin mining is the process that keeps the BTC network secure and operational. Bitcoin (BTC) miners collect pending transactions, bundle them into blocks and repeatedly perform hashing attempts ...
Climate activists worry about the high-energy demand for bitcoin mining. A once-dormant power plant is humming with activity outside Pittsburgh as thousands of miners work 24 hours a day. The miners ...
Entrepreneurs are racing to repurpose and capitalize on heat that is wasted in cryptocurrency mining. Bitcoin mining generates enough heat annually for Finland's needs, but most goes up into the air, ...
Bitcoin price volatility has not slowed demand for mining infrastructure, according to Beau Turner of Abundant Mines. During an interview with TheStreet Roundtable, Turner said the company is ...
Riot Platforms faces a highly uncertain future, with a very bearish outlook due to external risks and early-stage diversification efforts. Q3 2025 saw record revenue, but RIOT's stock lags Bitcoin, ...
Bitcoin might be trading at $108,000, but the cost to create one coin varies dramatically depending on where it’s mined — and the gulf between countries is staggering. A new chart circulating on X ...
Theres something about Bitcoin and blockchain that just seems to attract weird and wacky tinkerers. While computationally ...
Post-halving stress is reshaping Bitcoin mining. As margins compress, miners turn to AI, HPC and consolidation to survive heading into 2026. The Bitcoin mining industry has faced a harsher operating ...