Marty's Ƀent Issue #1240: Another downward difficulty adjustment is on the way This will be the third consecutive downward adjustment and the fourth over the course of the last five difficulty epochs.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1209: Expect ASIC prices to remain relatively elevated in this bear market This is a very unique environment for the mining industry. A lot of stresses on the horizon.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1164: The Cuban Nipple Crisis "Alright, you're freaking us out now. Why are you highlighting this."
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1147: Apparently Intel is getting into the Bitcoin ASIC game It seems they may have had their heads down working to produce something Bitcoin specific.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1117: Samsung may have picked the location of their US Foundry This is a strong step in the right direction.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1096: A push for ASIC commodification What better way to force that issue than signaling an arms race?
Marty's Ƀent Issue #943: Downward difficulty adjustment coming It will be interesting to follow along with the mining industry this year as the many factors described above continue to play out.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #789: The market for hashpower explained If you're interested in learning more about the mining industry, I highly recommend you peep this piece today.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #772: Mining hardware as a quasi-PoS asset Longer ASIC lifecycles have had an interesting effect on the security of Bitcoin.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #771: Reminder: Mesh networks will be very important for Bitcoin The big hurdle of making this dream of reality is that it requires a hardware revolution.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #761: ASIC manufacturer landscape Hopefully Bitmain's self-inflicted sabotage is used as an example by new entrants of what not to do when running an ASIC manufacturer.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #735: This is good for Bitcoin It seems that the Trump administration and some of the big chip producers here in the US are making a push to get a high quality foundry with the capability of producing top of the line chips on US soil.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #698: Bitcoin mining porn We interrupt our coverage of the end of the world to bring you a much needed respite from the madness.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #665: Hash Rate and the Halving Are the more efficient miners getting to market quick enough?
Marty's Ƀent Issue #392: This is interesting That's the beauty of Bitcoin. At the moment, we can't tell for sure which line(s) of ASICs is running with this optimization that the rest of the market is ignorant of.
