Can you still mine Bitcoin on a PC in 2026? Explore the reality of ASIC dominance, rising mining difficulty and why home mining rarely pays.

From Bhutan's hydropower rigs to Iran's sanctions workaround, sovereign bitcoin mining is bigger than most investors realize.

Johnston tells PCMag he views bitcoin mining in orbit as a “future business” that could tap cheap energy by harnessing the ...

The Bitcoin mining industry has faced a harsher operating environment since the 2024 halving, a core feature of Bitcoin’s monetary design that cuts block rewards roughly every four years to enforce ...

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 ...

Research shows that only 8% to 10% of global Bitcoin hashrate runs in oil-sensitive power markets, suggesting that geopolitical shocks may affect BTC prices more than mining costs.

Starcloud, an Nvidia-backed orbital data center startup, said it will connect Bitcoin ASICs to mine the cryptocurrency in space when its second spacecraft launches later this year.

Bitcoin mining isn’t a sustainable business anymore, and industry participants are slowly stepping away. The process of validating transactions and securing the network by solving complex ...

Entrepreneurs are racing to repurpose and capitalize on heat that is wasted in cryptocurrency mining. Bitcoin mining generates enough heat annually for Finland's needs, but most goes up into the air, ...

AMD's flagship graphics card, the Radeon R9 290X, is difficult to find. Newegg, a popular PC component digital storefront is (as I write this) completely sold out, while Amazon's third-party sellers ...