Bitcoin hash rate jumps to ATH as Jack Dorsey confirms Block's mining system
Bitcoin (BTC) hash rate has returned to all-time highs despite losing a key hash rate contributor. Meanwhile, amid lackluster price action, Block CEO Jack Dorsey confirmed the creation of an open Bitcoin mining system.
The BTC space continues to surprise and bewilder critics and fanatics alike. Kazakhstan, the network's second most important BTC mining country, experienced an internet blackout last week due to civil unrest. However, the hash rate faltered no more than 13.4% before regathering to reach all-time highs.
As shown in the below data from Glassnode, with the price checking into the $42,000 range yesterday, the mean hash rate hit 215 million terahash per second.
Bitcoin miners continue to show resilience and as Fidelity Digital Assets observed, the network is even “more widely distributed around the world.”
Cointelegraph previously reported that Block would develop open-source Bitcoin mining systems in 2022 due to job postings on Linkedin. Yesterday, Jack Dorsey confirmed the hunch, retweeting comments made by Thomas Templeton, a general manager at Block.
In the Twitter thread, Templeton addressed issues relating to the availability, reliability, performance, and products pertaining to BTC mining. In sum, Block’s goals for BTC mining are the following:
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Building a BTC mining system “out in the open” and alongside the community is no mean feat. Econoalchemist, an established home BTC miner and BTC magazine contributor, tweeted that developing products in open source would “build trust where no reputation exists currently and also might shift consumer expectations in that direction.”
Ultimately, Block’s mining solutions may pave the way for more DIY miners to
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