Mining Economics
Bitcoin Difficulty Barely Moved: What the Numbers Mean
Bitcoin's October 3 difficulty retarget was the smallest move of 2026, just 0.03%. What that and September's mining revenue mean for your solo odds.
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Bitcoin Mining
Bitcoin Hashrate Drops: What It Means for Solo Miners
Bitcoin's hashrate hit a three-week low as big miners pivot to AI. Here's the actual math on what a smaller network means, and doesn't mean, for solo mining.
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Bitcoin Difficulty
Bitcoin Difficulty Retarget: What It Cost Solo Miners
Bitcoin difficulty rose 4.16% on September 19 while BTC cleared $85,000. Here is what both did to hashprice, and the one number that did not move.
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Non-Custodial Mining
Bitcoin Mining Tax Bill: A Solo Miner's Checklist
Congress marks up a bill on September 16 that could change when miners owe tax on block rewards. Here is a self-check before that vote, not tax advice.
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Glass Ledger
Dashjr's Bitcoin Subsidy Proposal: A Miner's Self-Check
Luke Dashjr floated a month with no Bitcoin block subsidy. Headlines missed which chain he means. A five-minute self-check shows if it touches your mining.
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Bitcoin
Bitcoin Hashrate Rebound: What the September Numbers Say
Bitcoin hashrate bounced off 850 EH/s a third time while 235 EH/s sits idle. The real numbers behind the rebound, and why it caps itself.
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Litecoin
Litecoin LiteForge: What Miners Should Actually Ask
Litecoin's LiteForge rollup has processed over 157 million testnet transactions ahead of a Q4 mainnet target. What it does and does not change for miners.
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Glass Ledger
Does Your Mining Pool Hold a Balance for You? A Self-Check
Poolin's bankruptcy auction is this week, with unsecured IOU holders facing a fraction of what they are owed. A checklist for your own pool's custody risk.
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Glass Ledger
Bitcoin's 2028 Halving, By the Numbers
Block 1,050,000 cuts Bitcoin's subsidy to 1.5625 BTC. Here is the halving countdown math, and what actually changes for a solo miner.
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Payout Preflight
The OP_RETURN Debate: Myth vs Reality for Miners
Bitcoin Core's OP_RETURN policy fight sounds like it changes mining and node-running overnight. Here is what the debate actually does and does not touch.
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Solo Mining
ASIC Tariffs in 2026: Find Your Real Cost
US tariffs can add close to 47% to an ASIC miner's price in 2026. Here is a step-by-step way to calculate what a machine actually costs you.
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