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Orcadian ends offshore compute agreement; Earlham concept remains under review
The October 5 announcement ends one partner agreement over deployment timing. Orcadian retains the P2680 licence and continues partner discussions; the offshore compute concept still requires validation.
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Bluebird reports Texas Bitcoin revenue and closes its hashrate contracts
Bluebird’s October 5 update reports $43,881 of additional Bitcoin-denominated Texas revenue for July–September. A separate contract test produced $13,929 against about $15,004 of costs and was terminated.
H100 cloud index opens October 5 at $3.49 per GPU-hour
GPU Economy’s provisional weekly index shows a $3.49 median from 31 listed rates across 29 providers. The data measures advertised on-demand H100 pricing, not booked capacity or a miner’s AI revenue.
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Canaan maps the shift from hashrate indexes to tokenized compute claims
The manufacturer’s October 1 newsletter links mining’s hashprice and hashrate derivatives with emerging GPU and tokenized-asset markets, while stressing that financial claims move faster than physical power and chips.
NiceHash launches Virtual Machine Mining packages for rented Bitcoin hashpower
The new VMM interface lets customers buy fixed or flexible mining capacity and direct it to a pool without owning ASIC hardware. The service changes access and billing, not the probability or operating costs behind proof-of-work.
Bitdeer reports mining and selling 292.3 BTC in one week
The company’s weekly update for the period through October 2 shows output and sales matching at 292.3 BTC, with zero net additions and zero “pure holdings.” Sale price, proceeds and weekly mining costs were not disclosed.
Bitcoin difficulty slips 0.03% at block 969,696
Bitcoin began difficulty epoch 481 with a target of 132.716 trillion, almost unchanged from the previous 132.757 trillion. The tiny adjustment confirms that recent block production stayed close to the protocol schedule.
Oracle proposes to absorb $300 million in Point Beach energy costs
Oracle says a planned subscription to part of the Wisconsin nuclear plant’s output could save more than one million utility customers about $300 million. The arrangement still requires state regulatory approval.
NiceHash reports one EasyMining user found two Bitcoin blocks in a day
The company says rented hashpower found blocks 967,911 and 967,915 only four blocks apart, producing more than 6 BTC in combined rewards. The event does not make solo-style mining predictable or guaranteed.
