USB Bitcoin miners are compact, low-power devices that plug into a computer’s USB port and perform Bitcoin mining on a small scale. They are often used by hobbyists. They work by participating ...

Gold miners in the Yukon have made a habit of finding ancient fossils and mummified animals for scientists as their equipment plows through permafrost. Recent finds include a fully mummified ...

On Sept 11, as expectations of US Fed rate cuts grow, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty reached a new all-time high of 92.9t as miners around the world fired up their engines in anticipation of a ...

Bitcoin (BTC) miners are scrambling to adapt after the network’s April “halving” cut into revenue prospects. Savvy miners are finding new ways to put BTC mining equipment to work.

Although wildcat miners might be expelled from Indigenous territories and areas with high levels of protection, unallocated public lands and waterways will remain exposed to their harmful ...

USB Bitcoin Miners were USB connection type mining devices marketed to allow quick and easy mining and lower power consumption at a lower price. However, network hashing rates rose too rapidly for ...

Developed in 2011, CGMiner is one of the oldest bitcoin mining software programs—and today it also lets you mine other cryptocurrencies, like Dogecoin and Litecoin. This highly flexible ...

Hundreds of people cheered as they witnessed, via a live stream, the moment a gold mine in the town was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site. “The islanders’ dream has finally come true ...

After an on-site fatality, the second in three weeks, Queensland's mining industry regulator has suspended the use of all heavy vehicles at the Bowen Basin coal mine. Mine owner QCoal has ...

Last month, in their party platform, Republicans announced plans to bring an end to the “unAmerican crypto crackdown” and pledged to “defend the right to mine Bitcoin”. At a bitcoin ...