As an Arctic storm front batters multiple U.S. states, bitcoin mining activity across the country has pulled back sharply, with American-based operators scaling down operations to ease pressure on the power grid during a difficult stretch. As a result, Bitcoin’s network hashrate has declined notably, with current data placing total hashpower between 800 and 875 […]
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Brutal storm weakens Bitcoin security as major mining pool drops 30% of its hashing power
One thing we rarely think about is how bad weather can affect Bitcoin's security, but it happens fairly regularly. Snow...
