Slush Pool – DIGIT INFO

13,233 Blocks Found by 16 Pools — A Look at the Top Bitcoin Mining Pools in Q1 2022

DIGIT — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:00:48 +0000

During the first quarter of 2022, Bitcoin’s hashrate averaged between 180 to 200 exahash per second (EH/s) and during the course of that time, 13,233 block rewards were found by 16 mining pools. According to three-month statistics, Foundry USA was the network’s top mining pool in terms of hashrate percentage, as the bitcoin mining operation […]

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Are we misguided about Bitcoin mining’s environmental impacts? Slush Pool’s CMO Kristian Csepcsar explains

DIGIT — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:15:00 +0000

In one instance, Bitcoin miners are helping oil companies cut flaring by using generators running on natural gas that would otherwise be burned into the atmosphere.

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The world’s first and oldest Bitcoin mining pool has mined nearly 1.3 million BTC since inception

DIGIT — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:30:00 +0000

Over 15,000 users, mainly small individual miners, are part of the still-growing Braiins (Slush Pool) ecosystem.

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Bitcoin Miners Start Signaling for Taproot Activation, People Prep for BTC’s Largest Update in 4 Years

DIGIT — Mon, 03 May 2021 04:30:38 +0000

Bitcoin miners have started to signal for Taproot activation and crypto supporters are looking forward to the largest bitcoin update in almost four years. The mining operation Slush Pool mined the first block signaling for Taproot and since then the pools Foundry and F2pool have joined in on signaling as well. Bitcoin Block: 681,458 Signals […]

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Bitcoin History Part 13: The First Mining Pool

DIGIT — Sun, 19 May 2019 11:30:23 +0000

The notion that anyone could solo mine bitcoin – on a CPU no less – seems positively quaint today. But in 2010, this method wasn’t just possible – it was the norm. With an exponentially lower hashrate, less competition and a 50 bitcoin block reward, there was enough pie for everyone to get a bite. […]

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Braiins OS Publishes Open Source Firmware for Mining Rigs

DIGIT — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 14:08:14 +0000

This week the software developers behind the mining operation Slush Pool have announced a new organization alongside releasing an open source operating system (OS) for cryptocurrency devices. The new offshoot company called Braiins has produced a Linux based system for bitcoin mining rigs and they plan to extend the OS to other digital currency software […]

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Slush Pool Mines the First ASIC Boost Block Sparking More Debate

DIGIT — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 20:30:26 +0000

On March 24, the mining operation Slush Pool announced it had mined a block using the controversial ASIC Boost protocol and did so using a Halong Miner. The news follows the pool revealing it was compatible with ASIC Boost which sparked up a heated debate just recently. Also read: What is Asicboost? — An Interview With […]

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From ‘Attack’ to ‘Optimization’ — Slush Pool Reveals ASIC Boost Compatibility

DIGIT — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 03:36:17 +0000

Back in the spring of 2017, the discussion of a technology called ‘ASIC Boost’ was a very hot debate amongst bitcoin proponents. Bitcoin core (BTC) supporters were extremely upset with the firm Bitmain Technologies and its owner Jihan Wu for allegedly using ASIC Boost covertly, even though the company denied it. Now according to reports […]

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