The U.S. bitcoin mining industry just got its most disruptive upgrade yet. On August 14, 2025, Block unveiled Proto Rig, a modular, repairable, and upgradable bitcoin mining system, alongside Proto ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever wondered how Bitcoin actually works—beyond the price charts and celebrity tweets—this one's for you. "Bitcoin mining is like a big guessing game on computers," Holmes explained. "People ...

Bitcoin mining is the process that keeps the BTC network secure and operational. Bitcoin (BTC) miners collect pending transactions, bundle them into blocks and repeatedly perform hashing attempts ...

The rise from 1 to 148 trillion does not block participation, it measures how much total computational power is competing at any moment. Each major jump in difficulty aligns with real-world changes: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Becca Bratcher is an author and journalist specializing in crypto. Over the past few years, the United States, specifically Texas, ...