As AI companies work furiously to improve the intelligence and usefulness of their products, their demand for cheap, plentiful energy has skyrocketed. This gold rush has been extremely profitable for ...

Until now, every Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) that needed cryptographic primitives had to reinvent the wheel. Each one came bundled with its own custom Python implementation of the secp256k1 ...

Bitcoin miners don't solve complex math problems - they guess numbers. While "solving mathematical puzzles" has become a common description of bitcoin mining, the process more closely resembles a ...

Bitcoin mining participation falls into “two major camps,” said Beau Turner of Abundant Mines — abstract exposure and direct ownership. Abstract exposure means you don’t buy machines or receive ...

Bitcoin enthusiasts are using a side effect of mining’s immense computational load to heat hot tubs, office buildings, and homes. At first glance, the Bathhouse spa in Brooklyn looks not so different ...