Learning About Bitcoin Basics With Hash Functions

Hash functions are a one-way mathematical problem. If a person has the resulting hash, it is impossible to convert it back to the original data.

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How Are Such Small Miners Solving Bitcoin Blocks?

After three solo bitcoin miners found valid block hashes themselves in January, netting more than $200,000 in BTC each, many are asking how.

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Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms trims Q2 loss to $27.7M

Colorado-based Bitcoin mining firm Riot Platforms narrowed its second quarter net loss to $27.7 million as it ramped up its Bitcoin production and reached record hash rate capacity. The crypto miner posted total revenue of $76.7 million — up 5.2% from Q2 2022 — which was primarily driven by a 27% year-on-year increase in Bitcoin [...]

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Marathon Digital posts quarterly record of 2,195 Bitcoin mined in Q1

Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Marathon Digital reported a quarterly record of 2,195 BTC mined over the first quarter of 2023, currently worth around $62 million. Marathon explained in an April 3 update that the 2,195 mined BTC is a 74% increase from the first quarter of last year and a 41% increase from Q4 2022. [...]

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