The Bitcoin network’s total computational hash rate has entered a notable downtrend since October 18th, reversing what has otherwise been a consistent multi-year climb. The hash ribbons indicator, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Korok Ray is a PhD economist/professor who researches/teaches Bitcoin. Early Facebook investor Peter Thiel once advised future ...

Despite Bitcoin’s recent price underperformance, the Bitcoin Hashrate has been going absolutely vertical, breaking all-time highs with seemingly no regard for macro headwinds or sluggish price action.

Whenever a company files for bankruptcy, markets and business models are usually blamed. But not every collapse begins with bad strategy or falling demand. Sometimes, natural disasters deliver a fatal ...

The math has turned against bitcoin miners, and the war is making it worse every week. Checkonchain's difficulty regression model, which estimates average production costs based on network difficulty ...