Bitcoin Mining


Juridique

Coinmint demanda a un fabricante de chips de California por 23 millones de dólares, alegando un "engaño elaborado"

La empresa minera, que se ha visto envuelta en varias batallas legales, describe un elaborado plan de fraude para un contrato de 150 millones de dólares.

Coinmint's 10-megawatt facility in Skyway Plaza. (CoinDesk/Fran Velasquez)

Juridique

Coinmint Sues California Chipmaker for $23M, Alleging ‘Elaborate Deception’

The mining firm, which has been embroiled in several legal battles, describes an elaborate fraud scheme for a $150 million contract.

Coinmint's 10-megawatt facility in Skyway Plaza. (CoinDesk/Fran Velasquez)

Finance

USBTC Aims to Become Bitcoin Mining Giant After Deal to Buy Celsius Assets

The miner could get as much as $75 million in management fees for the Celsius mining rigs over five years.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Nvidia's Blockbuster Outlook Reminds Bitcoin Miners to Give AI a Look

Some BTC miners might find non-mining AI applications too tantalizing to pass up.

Mining rig (Getty Images)

Finance

Non-Profit Organization Energy Web Starts Sustainability Registry for Bitcoin Miners

Miners will be scored based on their use of clean energy and grid impact.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Juridique

Upstream Data Sues Crusoe Energy Over Waste Gas Mining Patent

The case involves two companies who aim to power mining rigs through the excess natural gas that comes as a result of oil well drilling.

New and old bitcoin mining rigs at CleanSpark's site in Georgia.

Juridique

The Bitcoin Mining Debate Is Ignoring the People Most Affected

Snowballing misinformation has painted an inaccurate and incomplete portrait of a complicated industry – and that is having a real impact on policy.

Dresden Mayor Bill Hall (Doreen Wang/CoinDesk)

Vidéos

Bitcoin Mining Controversy and the Case of Greenidge Generation

Greenidge Generation, a bitcoin mining operation in upstate New York, has found itself at the center of state and national debates about the impact crypto mining firms have on the environment and their local communities. But locals who live near the facility say they’ve been cut out of the conversation, and the broader debate ignores the role Greenidge plays in their lives. CoinDesk reporters traveled to the towns immediately adjacent to the mining operation to understand the views on the ground.

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Technologies

Crypto Miner Marathon Pledges $500K in Matching Funds to Brink for Bitcoin Development

Marathon CEO Fred Thiel tells CoinDesk in an interview that he wants to make sure development and maintenance of the open-source Bitcoin Core client software are "properly funded."

Fred Thiel at Bitcoin 2023. (Frederick Munawa)

Technologies

Bitcoin Mining Rig Maker MicroBT Unveils Most Powerful Machine Yet

The Chinese rig maker's new model can deliver 320 TH/s, outperforming competitor Bitmain's equivalent machine lineup.

Zuoxing Yang, Founder and CEO of MicroBT (MicroBT/Twitter)