BIP-110 Bitcoin soft fork officially failed on August 1 when Farside UK confirmed it can never reach the 55% miner threshold, launching a short-lived minority chain. Self-custody holders running ...

Bitcoin mining hashrate decline has reached a historic second-ever milestone: network difficulty fell below year-ago levels for the first time since China's 2021 ban, as AI data centers outbid miners ...

The annual decline has no single cause. Record-low mining revenue, AI/HPC expansion, power curtailments and regional disruptions have collectively pushed computing power off the network.

The global Bitcoin network hashrate has dropped for the first time since 2020, as Bitcoin miners face profitability issues and pivot towards hosting AI applications. In Q1 2026, the Bitcoin network ...

Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure for billions in new revenue, but the network’s hashrate continues to tread near record highs. Bitcoin’s hashrate remains near all-time highs, even as ...

Bitcoin (BTC) mining economics are shifting majorly. For the first time in six years, Bitcoin’s network computing power, better known as hashrate, has declined during the first quarter. Hashrate ...

Bitcoin mining difficulty has undergone several notable downward adjustments in recent months. Such declines usually indicate that hashrate has left the ...

CKPool's developer put the winner's hashrate at a “wildly variable” peak of 100 PH, noting that it was probably rented.

Bitcoin faces a make-or-break $68K test in August 2026. Here are 3 signals shaping the move — and how to earn BTC daily while the market decides.

Euny Hong is the former supervising editor at Investopedia.com. She is also the author of two critically-acclaimed, published books. Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial ...