Research
Industry Report
2018 CCAF 2nd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking
The University of Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance's second benchmark report is an all-encompassing view into the cryptocurrency ecosystem after the 2017 ICO boom. Its contents run the gamut from crypto financial infrastructure to research and analysis on mining.
CCAF Research Team
2018-12-01
Industry Report
2020 CCAF 3rd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study
The University of Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance's third benchmark report provides an overview of the cryptocurrency ecosystem on the verge of another explosive run. This iteration of the report is as comprehensive as its predecessors, covering everything from mining, to crypto financial services, and beyond.
CCAF Research Team
2020-09-01
Hashrate
The Alchemy of Hashpower Part 2
In this iteration, Leo starts by breaking the mining market cycle into four archetypal stages, each with distinct price trends, hardware capacity, and sentiments. Then he examines the driving forces in each scenario, and illustrate the roles that the hardware reaction time, and reflexivity in hashpower play in shaping these macro cycles.
Leo Zhang
2020-09-01
Hashrate
The Alchemy of Hashpower Part 1
In this iteration, Leo starts by breaking the mining market cycle into four archetypal stages, each with distinct price trends, hardware capacity, and sentiments. Then he examines the driving forces in each scenario, and illustrate the roles that the hardware reaction time, and reflexivity in hashpower play in shaping these macro cycles.
Leo Zhang
2020-08-01
Energy
The Frustrating, Maddening, All-Consuming Bitcoin Energy Debate
In this ope-ed for CoinDesk, Nic Carter once again weighs in on the Bitcoin energy debate with an exasperated
Nic Carter
2021-03-01
Industry Report
Bitcoin Mining Special Edition The Third Halving
TokenInsight's report on Bitcoin's third halving is a compact but thorough investigation into mining industry developments in 2020, the impact of the halving on the mining industry, and projections for how mining will change in the coming years.
Fanger Chou, Johnson Xu
2020-08-01
Hashrate
Bitcoin Mining's Three Body Problem
In this article, Leo lays out his thesis for three variables that drive and impact the Bitcoin mining industry the most: Bitcoin's emission schedule, climate seasonality (particularly in China), and the evolution of mining hardware.
Leo Zhang
2020-06-01
Energy
Bitcoin Net Zero
This report, co-authored by Nic Carter and NYDIG's Ross Stevens, quantifies Bitcoin's energy consumption and also axamines methods for reducing Bitcoin mining's carbon intensity.
Ross Stevens, Nic Carter
2021-09-01
Hardware
Battle For ASIC Supremacy
This deep dive on the ASIC market from BitMex Research focuses on the hardware efficiency, revenues, and sales volume of Bitcoin mining's leading ASIC manufacturers.
Bitmex
2020-06-01
General Mining
Growth of Merge Mining
In this article, BitMex Research goes in-depth to examine how merged mining affects altcoin networks, their security models, and mining incetives.
Bitmex
2020-11-01
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