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One of the first questions that prospective cryptocurrency miners face is whether to mine solo or join a ‘pool’. There are a multitude of reasons both for and against mining pools. Here’s what you ...

From Bitaxes to Heatbits, small and comfortable home mining equipment are retail’s new entry into Bitcoin. Home mining is back. An opportunity not experienced since 2011 in Bitcoin, hobbyists are once ...

Bitcoin's mining concentration problem just showed up on the blockchain itself, triggering a small “reorg.” At the center of the story is Foundry USA, the largest bitcoin mining pool, representing a ...