BTC Mining

Per a report from the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance (CCAF), fossil fuels have been the primary energy source for BTC mining since the start of the year. The CCAF recently updated its Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI).  Its study claims that 62% of all the energy the leading token has consumed so far consists of coal-based energy. BTC’s Energy-Intensive Mining Bitcoin employs the proof-of-work consensus mechanism to create new tokens and validate transactions on the blockchain. The PoW…

In February 2020, Bitcoin mining difficulty lowered by 0.38%, and it may be partly a result of government quarantine against the coronavirus in China; hence the mining delays. Despite the decrease, the hash rate during the period posted strong performance and even hit an all-time high of 136 EH/s. Miners expect the total network difficulty rate to bounce back by over 10% on March 10, as hardware delivery slowdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak abates. Since mid-February, the Chinese government…