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NASA's Apollo Computer Mined Bitcoin in 2019 But Today It Would Take Forever
Sep 20, 2026
NASA's Apollo Computer Mined Bitcoin in 2019 But Today It Would Take Forever

Ken Shirriff's Apollo Guidance Computer ran bitcoin hashes at 10.3 seconds each. At 2026's hashrate it would need 13 million universe lifetimes.

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Difficulty Rises, Hashprice Rips 22% as Bitcoin Hashrate Stalls
Sep 6, 2026
Difficulty Rises, Hashprice Rips 22% as Bitcoin Hashrate Stalls
Bitcoin Mining Hits a Crossroads as Difficulty Hovers Near the Floor
Aug 23, 2026
Bitcoin Mining Hits a Crossroads as Difficulty Hovers Near the Floor
Bitcoin's Final 929,465 BTC Will Take More Than a Century to Mine
Aug 16, 2026
Bitcoin's Final 929,465 BTC Will Take More Than a Century to Mine
Roughnecks Quits BIP-110 Mining as Ocean Hashrate Collapses
Aug 9, 2026
Roughnecks Quits BIP-110 Mining as Ocean Hashrate Collapses
BIP-110 Splits Bitcoin as Rival Miners Clash at Block 961632
Aug 8, 2026
BIP-110 Splits Bitcoin as Rival Miners Clash at Block 961632
What Happens When Two Miners Find a Block at the Same Second? Inside an Orphan Race
Jul 29, 2026
What Happens When Two Miners Find a Block at the Same Second? Inside an Orphan Race
Bitcoin's 15th Difficulty Reset Exposes a Mining Industry Under Pressure
Jul 26, 2026
Bitcoin's 15th Difficulty Reset Exposes a Mining Industry Under Pressure
Bitcoin's Difficulty Adjustment Explained: How the Network Punishes Itself Every Two Weeks
Jul 25, 2026
Bitcoin's Difficulty Adjustment Explained: How the Network Punishes Itself Every Two Weeks
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