Ethan Vera

COO at Luxor Technology

Network Difficulty, Share Difficulty and Hash Functions

What is the Bitcoin network difficulty and how are mining share difficulties calculated?

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Bitcoin Mining Concepts

Hashrate Futures and Backwardation

Hashrate is an asset that usually experiences backwardation, which means that its expected future value is lower than the current spot price.

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Bitcoin Mining Concepts

Hashprice Volatility and Correlation to Bitcoin

In this post, we examine hashprice volatility and hashprice's correlation to Bitcoin's price.

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Bitcoin Mining Concepts

How the BitcoinSV, Bitcoin Cash Forks Affected Hashprice

BitcoinSV's and Bitcoin Cash's hardforks greatly affected hashprice for both coins.

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Bitcoin Mining Concepts

Unpacking Crypto Mining's Stranded Difficulty Issue

Stranded issue is caused by a significant amount of hashrate migrating from one network to another and then switching back, which jacks up the difficulty and makes it difficult for other miners to mine blocks.

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Bitcoin Mining Concepts

What is Profit Switching in Crypto Mining?

Cryptocurrency profit switching can be lucrative for cryptocurrency miners when executed correctly.

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Bitcoin Mining Guides

Bitcoin Mining Energy Consumption to Hashrate Guide

How many watts are needed per unit of hashrate? This guide breaks down how much power goes into producing bitcoin mining hashrate.

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera
Bitcoin Mining Guides