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One of the side effects of the energy-intensive process of bitcoin mining is the excess heat that is created by the involved hardware devices. Miners have to prove that they’ve expended energy on ...

Superheat has unveiled a new residential water heater that doubles as a Bitcoin miner, turning excess heat from computing processors into both hot water and crypto earnings. Revealed at CES 2026, the ...

Bitcoin mining is accelerating renewable energy deployment, replacing fossil-fuel heating, expanding energy access and cutting methane emissions at scale. More than 56% of the Bitcoin network is now ...

Canaan deployed 360 liquid-cooled Bitcoin miners in Manitoba to capture waste heat for greenhouse agriculture, targeting 90% energy recovery at $0.035 per kWh as renewable energy now powers 52% of ...

The year 2025 presented a strategic turning point for Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining. The sector stopped behaving like a speculative side bet and started operating as core infrastructure. A convergence ...

Russia is planning criminal penalties, including forced labor, to curb widespread unregistered bitcoin mining after legalization. Russia is preparing to escalate its crackdown on unregistered ...

That's the estimated surge in the CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF this year, despite the decline in cryptocurrency prices. The spike reflects a pivot by miners to retool their electricity-hungry data ...

Let’s uncover why Bitcoin mining difficulty just surged and what it means for miners, security, and the network ahead. Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Bitcoin mining difficulty reached 148 ...

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has risen to 148.2 trillion, the highest level since major miner conflicts. Rising hash power, primarily from large industrial miners, is driving difficulty greater and ...

Bitcoin mining companies like Core Scientific and CleanSpark are converting data centers to serve AI clients, including Amazon and Microsoft. These miners are signing long-term leases for AI ...

In June, WSJ’s Joanna Stern headed inside a data center to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: David Hall It’s harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less ...