Miner Weekly: Noise, Theft and Bitmain’s Waning Monopoly

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July isn’t even half way through, but the bitcoin mining world has already seen a flurry of activity, ranging from hardware and infrastructure developments to crime, noise issues, and community protests. If you’re finding it hard to keep up, here’s a quick digest of the notable headlines from the past few weeks.

Bitmain’s monopoly is threatened??

Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ) made headlines this week with its partnership with Block Inc. and ePIC Blockchain, where the chip and system designers will supply a modular mining platform of 15 EH/s for Core’s infrastructure. This partnership is noteworthy as it reverses the typical approach of building infrastructure tailored to specific ASIC miner models. While the results remain to be seen, this is another instance of a major mining company ordering substantial hashrate from a source other than Bitmain.