Bitcoin miners don't solve complex math problems - they guess numbers. While "solving mathematical puzzles" has become a common description of bitcoin mining, the process more closely resembles a ...

Until now, every Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) that needed cryptographic primitives had to reinvent the wheel. Each one came bundled with its own custom Python implementation of the secp256k1 ...

The rise from 1 to 148 trillion does not block participation, it measures how much total computational power is competing at ...

One afternoon in June 2024, I stood up against the fence of a sprawling industrial facility a few miles outside of Corsicana, Texas. Over a metal gate, I watched a bright yellow excavator claw at the ...

In today’s issue, Ben Harper from Luxor Technology provides an update on what’s happening with bitcoin mining this year. Then, Colin Harper from Blockspace Media answers questions on the topic of ...