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Difficulty Drop, Arkansas Mining Bans and AI Mining Pivots

Difficulty Drop, Arkansas Mining Bans and AI Mining Pivots

Bitcoin experienced its first difficulty adjustment after the Bitcoin halving, giving some breathing room to much belabored Bitcoin miners.

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media · Blockspace Media

May 10, 202430m 32s

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Show Notes

In this week’s Mining Pod, Will and Matt dig into Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news including: difficulty dropping 5.5%, Arkansas putting restrictions around Bitcoin mining and large Bitcoin miners pivoting into artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.


00:00:00 Start

00:02:07 Hashrate go down

00:06:35 Texas grid spikes

00:10:57 Canaan Avalon A15

00:17:26 Arkansas hates noise & communists

00:25:01 Miners pivot to AI infrastructure


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