Bitcoin Mining & ASIC News: Market, Hardware and Energy · Page 3
Mining news and original analysis with dated primary sources.
UltimusPool ends its Bitcoin mining service
The operator confirms the shutdown. Its notice gave November 5 at 08:00 UTC as the website access cutoff and asked users to save earnings records.
BitFuFu mined 137 BTC in October as Bitcoin difficulty rose
BitFuFu reported an 18% drop in monthly production even as managed hashrate edged up. Its own mining accounted for the decline.
ERCOT puts Texas large-load power cuts on its November 6 agenda
Texas grid operators are scheduled to discuss which large sites would register, how they would reduce grid demand and how those actions could enter power prices.
Zcash activates NU7: 25-second block targets and smaller rewards per block
The upgrade took effect at block 3,543,405 on November 6. The scheduled subsidy per block fell to a third, the fee split changed, and the legacy Sprout transaction path closed.
Core Scientific’s mining covered electricity but lost $7.49 million at the gross level
The November 5 filing puts third-quarter self-mining revenue at $12.26 million and power fees at $10.48 million. Equipment depreciation and other costs explain why the electricity margin was not enough.
One Bitcoin ASIC price index holds at $10.35 per TH/s as hashprice falls
Endless Mining’s weekly recap shows flat asking prices on its own marketplace and a 3% fall in hashprice. The November 6 snapshot still shows $10.35 per TH/s. These are offers, not completed sales.
NerdQAxe 1.1.1 updates TLS trust and adds Ethernet to compatible home miners
The October 31 release replaces the system certificate bundle and fixes pool reconnection and Stratum V2 behaviour. Ethernet support depends on the board and fitted accessories.
THORChain lifts the GAIA pause while Solana remains restricted
November 5 data shows GAIA’s halt and trading-pause flags cleared and the GAIA.ATOM pool available. This is a change from the retained November 4 snapshot, not a test transfer or a guaranteed swap.
Cherkasy adds emergency cuts on November 5 while hourly schedules continue
The operator’s 10:35 notice says emergency and scheduled cuts apply together. For miners, the published timetable is a planning reference, not a measurement of actual uptime.
BzMiner 100.70 lets MoneroOcean choose the mining algorithm
The November 5 release adds pool-directed switching, cached hardware benchmarks and separate GPU/CPU connections. The pool’s choice still needs to be checked against electricity costs.
OneZeroMiner 1.8.5 tests lower memory clocks on CMP and RTX cards
The November 4 update targets core-heavy mining on existing NVIDIA cards. Experimental Linux support has specific driver limits, and the claimed efficiency gain is not a matching cut in watts.
MicroBT lists M50S+ from $623.20, with a five-unit minimum
The official shop shows 152–156 TH/s configurations at $4.10 per TH/s. A low unit price still means a batch purchase, substantial power demand and a separate delivery bill.