Core Scientific January highlights * 1,077 bitcoin produced  * 6,373 total bitcoin held as of 1/31 * 7.5 EH/s with over 75,000 active miners Core Scientific, Inc released their monthly mining report showcasing a triple-digit increase over the year prior. The company mined a total of 1,

On Wednesday’s episode of “On the Margin,” Blockworks co-founder Michael Ippolito sat down with Greg Foss, Jeff Booth, and Alex Gladstein to discuss Bitcoin’s role in the ongoing Canadian Freedom Convoy protests. Throughout the episode, they discuss financial censorship, concentration of government power, and Bitcoin as a nonpartisan

Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced on February 15th, 2022 that Colorado residents will soon be able to pay their taxes in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as early as this summer. Polis and other government officials in Colorado have been at the forefront of making their state more Bitcoin and cryptocurrency

Canadian federal law enforcement agencies, along with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Center of Canada (FINTRAC), have begun investigating donations made to Freedom Convoy protestors, including those that were made using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. On Wednesday, the Ontario Provincial Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ordered all regulated

Riot Blockchain January highlights * 3.4 EH/s with 32,552 active miners * 458 BTC mined * 5,347 total BTC held as of January 31, 2022  A new January report showcases Riot’s latest Bitcoin mining efforts. Compared to statistics released in January of 2021, Riot’s production has increased

The Domos de San Pedro geothermal power plant is located in the central western region of Mexico. Owned by a private company, Grupo Drago, the power plant is the first to produce geothermal energy in Mexico. Grupo Drago was founded in 2010 and began funding the development of the Domos

Oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips announced this week that they are partnering with an undisclosed Bitcoin mining company as part of a pilot project to reduce flaring. According to a ConocoPhillips spokesperson, they have “one Bitcoin pilot project currently operating in the Bakken [a region in North Dakota known for

Prior to the spring of 2021, the majority of the hashrate to secure the Bitcoin network was located in China. Miners were consistently adding more ASIC machines to their mining farms in order to earn rewards for providing energy to the network.  During the spring of that year, the China