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Kyrgyzstan’s untapped hydroelectric capacity could make it a future mining powerhouse, but its progress has been slow. The government of Kyrgyzstan collected 78.6 million soms (almost $883,000) in taxes from cryptocurrency miners in the first 11 months of 2023, according to local press reports citing the Finance Ministry. That was a dramatic rise over last

Researching more than 100 bitcoin mining companies, it’s clear that this industry is poised to advance energy consumption more than any other.This is an opinion editorial by Ritabrata Santra, an engineer focused on energy tech.I bought my first bitcoin in 2016. I was a college sophomore and it was my second year living in the

Core Scientific, Riot, and CleanSpark led the way in increasing Bitcoin production in January helped by better weather conditions and stable electricity prices. The first production update of 2023 from publicly listed Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies shows a steady increase in hash rate and a surge in BTC production compared to the previous month, according

BTC.com, the seventh-largest Bitcoin mining pool, said that its client fund services are unaffected by the recent $3 million cyberattack. Major cryptocurrency mining pool BTC.com has suffered a cyberattack resulting in a significant loss of funds by the company and its customers.BTC.com experienced a cyberattack on Dec. 3, with attackers stealing around $700,000 in client