Ethan Vera

COO at Luxor Technology

Bitcoin Founder Decides to Reduce Block Reward by 50%

Happy 4-days A.H. (After-Halving) everyone. To honor the biggest non-event in history we added in a section on the halving. We “promise” this is the last time we mention it for the next four years. We also cover the latest mining news on FTX, TSMC, the Bitmain S17, Lubian

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Hashrate Index Newsletter

Firmware War is our Generation's Normandy?

Happy 11-days B.H. (Before-Halving) everyone. SHA-256 Hashprice rallied 19% since our last update. Let's keep it going ahead of the halving and there won’t be so much miner carnage. This update we also covered the latest mining news from Ebang, Kazakhstan, Firmware, TSMC, Nicehash, Arctos, and

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Hashrate Index Newsletter

Make Cloud Mining Illegal Again

Happy 26-days-to-halving morning everyone. The halving is approaching quicker than expected as Network Hashrate has once again been increasing. Hashprice had a strong two-week performance. We saw some hashrate bounce from BCH and BSV to BTC. But the change in hashrate between chains didn’t affect the value of hashrate.

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Hashrate Index Newsletter

Hashprice numbers go up & fed machines go brrr

T-Minus 42 days to halving. Now that days of the week don’t matter we are just measuring time in days pre and post halving. Hashprice has slightly recovered since our last update. With a 16% decrease in network difficulty level, miners can breathe again. A lot has happened in

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Hashrate Index Newsletter

Hashrate follows price right? Right??

Good Monday morning. It's been a rough couple of weeks for miners, but hey, at least hashrate is down — oh wait….. Almost everyone’s Excel model blew up this week. With the price of BTC between $5-6k and network hashrate barely moving, many miners have started operating in

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Hashrate Index Newsletter

Bitcoin Halving 2020: Concepts, Case Studies and Predictions

In this post we talk about what the block reward is, why it decreases, the 2016 Bitcoin Halving and predictions for the 2020 Bitcoin Halving.

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Bitcoin Mining Concepts

The first is always the hardest...

The first Newsletter. The first 110TH miner. Not the first ProgPOW debate.

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Hashrate Index Newsletter

The latest gossip around crypto-mining & hashrate

Welcome to Luxor Hashrate Update  by me, Luxor Mining. The one-stop newsletter for Bitcoin mining. Follow us for analysis, data, and hashrate insights you won't find anywhere else. Sign up now so you don’t miss the first issue. Subscribe now [https://hashrateindex.com/blog/subscribe/] In the

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Ethan Vera
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