Bitcoin Mining & ASIC News: Market, Hardware and Energy · Page 3
Mining news and original analysis with dated primary sources.
FutureBit HashFly makes a simulated fruit-fly brain test Bitcoin hashes in a browser
FutureBit presented HashFly, a browser demonstration that maps a fruit-fly connectome simulation to simplified double-SHA-256 checks. It is an experimental visualization, not an organic ASIC replacement, and its claimed 1 W/TH potential has not been measured on working biological hardware.
Starcloud says its second spacecraft will carry Bitcoin mining ASICs later in 2026
Starcloud’s CEO says the company intends to operate Bitcoin ASICs aboard its second spacecraft. The plan has no disclosed miner model, hashrate, power budget, launch date or pool architecture, and the official Starcloud-2 project page cited by the report did not mention Bitcoin mining.
Energy Economics study models a Bitcoin “productivity trap” for efficiency gains
An open-access Energy Economics paper argues that more efficient mining hardware can expand equilibrium resource use without increasing Bitcoin output. Its model also finds that surplus renewables may cut emissions while increasing hardware turnover, and evaluates a global Pigouvian tax as a policy response.
Digital Chamber launches Compute Working Group, with CFTC derivatives response first
The Digital Chamber says its new Compute Working Group will bring power, finance, infrastructure and compute-market participants into U.S. policy discussions. Its first project concerns the CFTC request for comment on compute derivatives; no regulation or product approval has yet been announced.
Hammer Miner publishes official DC06 firmware V3.0.0-20260916 for download
The official Hammer Miner GitHub repository published the first DC06 firmware release on September 18. We verified the 3,280,945-byte file and SHA-256 digest, archived an exact local copy and explain the safe checks operators should complete before updating.
JPMorgan estimate puts Bitcoin production cost near $85,000 after 280-day squeeze
JPMorgan analysts estimated Bitcoin production cost around $85,000 and said price had moved above it after 280 days below, according to The Block. The figure is a model estimate rather than a universal miner break-even; actual costs vary sharply by power, fleet, financing and curtailment.
KuCoin pauses Monero deposits and withdrawals for wallet maintenance
KuCoin scheduled a temporary XMR deposit-and-withdrawal closure from 01:00 UTC on September 24 and says service will resume after maintenance, without publishing a completion time.
Canaan brings an 8 MW hash-to-heat case and Avalon home miners to BTCHEL
Canaan says a Nordic district-heating project using Avalon A1566HA miners is operating at 8 MW, while its BTCHEL stand will feature Nano 3S, Mini 3 and AvalonQ home systems. We separate the published specifications from the questions operators still need to verify.
Luxor launches a full-stack AI infrastructure business and opens a San Francisco office
Luxor is extending its mining-era energy, hardware, logistics and trading stack into AI infrastructure. The company names Tenki, physical compute contracts and OTC derivatives, but its launch release does not disclose contracted AI capacity or revenue.
PowerCompute plans a two-stage S19 XP fleet refresh
PowerCompute says 1,000 S19 XP miners are due in Oklahoma and 940 more were ordered for Mississippi, targeting 862 PH/s after installation while retaining explicit delivery and performance risk.
ICERIVER brings its custom-ASIC team to Korea Blockchain Week
ICERIVER says its chip-customization team will attend KBW 2026 in Seoul to discuss algorithm-specific ASIC design, hardware optimization and manufacturing coordination; no new retail miner was announced.
EU report maps data-centre efficiency and prepares common standards
The European Commission reviews the first EU reporting cycle for data centres, quantifies gaps in the evidence and sets out a rating scheme, simpler reporting and possible minimum performance standards.