Firmware Fundamentals – What is ASIC Firmware?
Every Bitcoin mining machine is two products under the hood: the hardware that hashes, and the software that decides how.
Hashrate Index's Q3 2026 Projection Report Is Now Available
Q3-2026 scenarios from Luxor’s supply and demand model for Bitcoin mining hashrate, difficulty and hashprice.
Firmware Features – ASIC Firmware Security: Why SOC 2 Matters for Miners
Firmware is the most privileged software in a mining operation.
Firmware Features – PSU Bypass: Hash With Any Power Supply on LuxOS
PSU Bypass is an override for aftermarket, server, and repaired PSUs.
NVIDIA Vera Rubin: Why the Rack Is the New GPU
NVIDIA Vera Rubin isn't just a faster GPU. It's a rack-scale reference architecture that changes what you buy.
Firmware Features – Hash on Disconnect: Mining Through Network Outages
For a miner balancing load against a generator, losing network connection can mean more than revenue.
Bitcoin Difficulty Is Down Year Over Year for the Second Time Ever
For only the second time in Bitcoin’s history, network difficulty, and with it, hashrate, is down year-over-year. This almost never happens. Two structural forces keep difficulty grinding higher over any twelve-month window. The first is Moore’s Law: each new generation of mining rigs is more
