Block has secured its first sale of newly developed mining chips, co-designed with ePIC Blockchain Technologies and Core Scientific’s collaboration. Financial technology conglomerate Block has closed ...

Key takeawaysBitcoin mining began in 2009 as a hobby-friendly activity where users could earn BTC using CPUs and later GPUs.

The U.S. bitcoin mining industry just got its most disruptive upgrade yet. On August 14, 2025, Block unveiled Proto Rig, a modular, repairable, and upgradable bitcoin mining system, alongside Proto ...

A solo Bitcoin miner has pocketed $347,455 worth of self-mined block reward using a $300 BTC mining rig. Unfortunately, no additional information is available about the block, as it was a self-mined ...

Jack Dorsey’s Block has posted a new blog that details the Mining Development Kit, a new project that would seemingly replicate the Lightning Development Kit and Bitcoin Development Kit projects, ...

Today, Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) and Core Scientific (Nasdaq: CORZ) have announced a new partnership focused on further decentralizing mining hardware. This collaboration introduces Block's advanced 3 ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. The announcement, made during an event held at Proto customer Core ...

Block Green, a Switzerland-based Bitcoin liquidity protocol, and Merkle Standard, a U.S. Bitcoin mining company, have announced a partnership that allows Merkle Standard to utilize Block Green’s ...