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TechHow cutting power to Bitcoin miners can actually burn more energy

An analysis says some Bitcoin mining pools’ variable-difficulty controllers can keep a high share difficulty after a miner sharply reduces its hashrate. The miner may continue using electricity while accepted shares become rare. The issue concerns pool share difficulty, not Bitcoin’s network difficulty, and its prevalence or real-world losses has not been measured.

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CCryptoSlate★★☆☆☆2026-09-21 19:50Original

How cutting power to Bitcoin miners can actually burn more energy
How cutting power to Bitcoin miners can actually burn more energyTech