#Hash power News

Bitcoin (BTC) Breaks all-time high Network Hash Power

August 6, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Bitcoin

Currently sitting at its all-time high (ATH) of 72.46 EH/s, the Bitcoin network has literally never been as secure as it has at this moment, as per data from the BTC.com mining pool. Although BTC.com still has its position as the largest single mining pool, the rest of the distribution...

ASICs vs. Everyone: Who Will Win the Crypto Mining Arms Race?

February 28, 2019 by Nuno Menezes at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Cryptocyclopedia, Mining

Developers building public blockchains are faced with slowly losing the war against Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASICs). ASIC-resistant developers are facing an eternal “cat and mouse” chase in which some have claimed they may have already lost. Drawing from a post on Medium by Derek Hsue, in this article, BTCManager will...

A Return to Sound Money is the Major Threat to Bitcoin, Says Peter Schiff

New Paper Suggests China Could “Destroy” Bitcoin

October 11, 2018 by Nigel Dollentas at Bitcoin, Finance, News, Platform, Tech

East Asian influence has always played a significant role within cryptocurrency, but a new paper published October 8th, 2018, suggests China could not only singlehandedly cripple Bitcoin, but is already influencing the billion-dollar network. The paper titled “The Looming Threat of China: An Analysis of Chinese Influence on Bitcoin” talks about...