Ethereum's "difficulty bomb" referred to a sudden increase in mining difficulty designed to discourage miners from staying with the proof-of-work mechanism after it transitioned to proof-of-stake.

As Ethereum has moved to a proof-of-stake model, mining is no longer required. So, what happened to the ether miners, and what can they do?

Because mining Ethereum is getting easier and faster in 2025, the biggest concern is figuring out the best way to … Continue ...

Ethereum developers today executed the "Merge," an upgrade that eliminates mining and dramatically reduces the energy consumption of the world's second-biggest cryptocurrency. Today's action ...

Luxor COO Ethan Vera told The Block that only about 100 TH/s of Ethereum mining capacity would be able to "find a home" on other proof-of-work tokens after the Merge. That leaves about 90 percent ...

Roundtable anchor Rob Nelson explored this topic with Rob Chang, the CEO, president and director of Gryphon Digital Mining , to explore the symbiotic relationship between bitcoin and ethereum.

Former Ethereum core developer Lane Rettig breaks done why the network's major proof-of-stake upgrade last year isn't inherently less wasteful, cheaper or more secure than blockchain mining. BTC ...

Ethereum’s electricity use is expected to drop by a whopping 99.988 percent post-Merge, ... Now, Ethereum uses a new mechanism called proof of stake that gets rid of puzzles and mining.

After years of planning, Ethereum's much-anticipated switch from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake took place today. The "Merge" means that Ethereum mining is dead, which is good news ahead of new ...

According to data from ETH.BTC.com, F2Pool is the second-largest Ethereum mining pool by blocks after Ethermine, with the year-to-date block share amounting to 15.7%.