Bitcoin’s BIP-110 enforcement branch has barely moved past two blocks while the main chain keeps racing ahead, a sign the fork is struggling to win miner backing. With replay risk still hanging over users, the split looks more like a stress test than a serious takeover.
Read Full Article
Kaspa is still stuck in a weak downtrend, but its August 5 block reward cut could tighten supply if demand shows up. For now, traders are watching whether support around $0.0265 holds or whether sellers keep dragging KAS lower.
Read Full Article
Bitcoin’s proof of work turns electricity into security, making attacks on the network brutally expensive. This piece explains how mining and difficulty work, why the energy debate still matters, and where proof of work’s real tradeoffs — including centralization — begin.
Read Full Article
Bitcoin mining isn’t mostly hydropower yet. The cited 2025 data still puts natural gas in first place at 38.2%, while hydropower sits at 23.4% — though more than half of mining now comes from non-fossil sources, making the industry less dirty, not clean.
Read Full Article
Thailand shut down an illegal Bitcoin mining network across five provinces, seizing 315 rigs and exposing yet another shady setup abusing power and rules. Legit mining is one thing; electricity theft dressed up as crypto innovation is just a crime with fans.
Read Full Article
Bitdeer sold every Bitcoin it mined since February, cashing out over $205M to keep its mining business liquid. It’s a blunt reminder that miners are running a hard-nosed industrial operation, not a Bitcoin monastery.
Read Full Article
Bitcoin was born from the 2008 financial crisis as a decentralized answer to broken money, launching with Satoshi’s 2008 whitepaper and a fixed 21 million supply. From pizza payments to digital gold, it’s now a global monetary force with real tradeoffs.
Read Full Article
Bitcoin mining just got easier, and that’s not a typo. The network logged one of its largest downward Bitcoin mining difficulty adjustments ever, cutting the challenge by 10% and giving miners a rare bit of breathing room. Bitcoin mining difficulty fell 10% in a massive downward adjustment BTC miners get temporary relief after a period […]
Read Full Article
The US military is now running a Bitcoin node, and not to stack sats or chase a treasury headline. A four-star admiral says INDOPACOM is using Bitcoin’s protocol for cybersecurity experiments, network monitoring, and operational testing. INDOPACOM confirms a live Bitcoin node Not mining BTC — testing the protocol Bitcoin seen as cybersecurity and computer […]
Read Full Article
Bitcoin is moving from trader chatter into US military thinking, and that’s a far more serious development than most people expected. US Indo-Pacific Command leaders are openly discussing Bitcoin’s strategic value. Adm. Samuel Paparo called BTC an “incredible” computer science tool. The framing is shifting toward cybersecurity, deterrence, and national security. In a Senate exchange […]
Read Full Article