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Bitcoin mining difficulty marks new high before halving

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty achieved a record high of 86.4 trillion amid upcoming halving in April. Data gathered by btc.com showed that Bitcoin’s (BTC) mining difficulty achieved a record high of 86.4 trillion as companies generated massive amounts of computing capacity before the much-anticipated halving event later this month. Mining difficulty refers to the computer-generated power needed to...

Miner earns 6.36 BTC on 1 block of Bitcoin as halving approaches

A solo miner mined a single block of Bitcoin and earned 6.36 BTC before the impending halving. On April 5, a solo miner with an equipment hashrate of 7 PH/s keyed block #837,814 into the blockchain of the first cryptocurrency. According to Mempool, the user received a total of 6.36 BTC, the equivalent of $422,750 at...