This weekend, proponents of bitcoin and digital asset enthusiasts have fixated on a striking development: the blockchain’s mempool—a holding zone for pending transactions—has nearly evaporated, while daily transfer volumes have plunged to notable lows. Though many proponents cheer this shift as a sign of operational efficiency, dissenters argue it signals troubling stagnation for the protocol’s […]
Excluding Dec. 1, daily transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain experienced a steep decline as the month unfolded. Between Dec. 2 and Dec. 31, a total of 12,105,415 transactions were recorded. Despite the drop, on Dec. 5, the network achieved a record high for the total dollar value of transactions processed in a single day in […]
A report presented to the Paraguayan Congress highlights the low level of employment associated with the country’s bitcoin mining activity. According to data from the Social Care Institute, the entire bitcoin mining industry is responsible for only 383 direct jobs, with over 40 companies not reporting any workers directly associated with their operations. Paraguayan Bitcoin […]
The next Bitcoin halving is on the horizon, drawing closer with each passing block and anticipated to take place anywhere between April 18 to April 22, 2024, at the milestone of block 840,000. Following this event, the reward for mining a block will halve from 6.25 bitcoins to 3.125 bitcoins. The following is a thorough […]