Crypto mining analysis and research.
5 Dec 2019 2 minute read 2 comments MinerUpdate
TokenInsight’s latest Q3 mining report highlights that power-efficient hardware has outperformed in tougher mining conditions. Despite tighter miner profit margins and rising hash rate and difficulty, an arms race to release the most power-efficient...
4 Dec 2019 3 minute read 3 comments MinerUpdate
Hedge Fund Paradigma Capital put miners share of the Bitcoin market volume into context while exploring potential relationships with price returns. Quick take; Miner’s share of Bitcoin on-chain volume usually represents less than 0.01% of total on-c...
4 Dec 2019 3 minute read 6 comments MinerUpdate
Even the most inefficient bitcoin miners look likely to still be mining profitably after significant bitcoin price drops during trading last week. Data provided by research firm TokenInsight suggests that the most efficient Bitcoin miners are mining...
21 Nov 2019 4 minute read 0 comments MinerUpdate
Braiins release the specifications for Stratum v2. The Stratum v2 specs address key security holes highlighted in Stratum v1 while also providing data efficiency benefits to miners and mining pools. Quick take; Braiins publish the specifications for...
13 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments MinerUpdate
Sources close to MinerUpdate have confirmed that the Canaan IPO application to list on the NASDAQ exchange has been approved by the SEC and is set to take place in November. Details have yet to be officially confirmed but it is believed that the Ca...
11 Nov 2019 2 minute read 0 comments MinerUpdate
THE FOUNDER OF MICROBT ZUOXING YANG HAS BEEN DETAINED BY LOCAL POLICE. THIS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATES CLOSELY WITH THE RETURN OF JIHAN WU TO BITMAIN. Quick take; Founder of MicroBT Zuoxing Yang is detained by local police with many sources linking it...
7 Nov 2019 3 minute read 0 comments MinerUpdate
THE CHINESE STATE’S ECONOMIC REFORM CABINET REMOVE BITCOIN MINING FROM THE LIST OF INDUSTRIES TO BE ELIMINATED Quick take; China’s NDRC remove Bitcoin mining from industries to be phased out in their final version of a catalogue advising local gover...
