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ASIC Hosting in Iceland: A Hydro Offer at $0.061/kWh
Startmining launches its premium hydrocooling container in Iceland: 210 Antminer S21+ Hydro miners, 100% renewable energy at $0.061/kWh, with a PICS launch offer from $3,200 per miner.
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Are Bitcoin Miners Selling Their BTC?
Since October 2025, miner Bitcoin sales fed a simple narrative: miners are selling to survive. The data shows a more structured reality — sales driven by industrial logic, not panic.
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Virtual Mining Farm: An ASIC Profitability Simulator
Several ASICs, bought at different times, hosted under different contracts — your view gets fragmented. A virtual mining farm aggregates it all so you manage a portfolio, not isolated machines.
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Bitcoin Mining Hosting: The Complete ASIC Hosting Guide
Mining hosting is now the industry norm. You own your machines, but they run in an optimized industrial farm. Here is how hosting works, what it costs, and how to get started.
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Is Bitcoin Mining Still Profitable in 2026? A Complete Analysis
After the 2024 halving, with record difficulty and a low hashprice, is Bitcoin mining still profitable in 2026? It comes down to a few variables — and energy cost is usually the decider.
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How to Mine Bitcoin in 2026: A Complete Beginner’s Guide
How does Bitcoin mining work, what hardware do you need, and is it profitable in 2026? A step-by-step beginner’s guide, from your first ASIC to home mining vs. hosting.
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Choosing the Right ASIC with a Mining Simulator
S21, S21 Pro or S21 XP? An ASIC is never simply « good » or « bad » — only profitable in a given context. Using the Startmining simulator, we compare models across real market scenarios.
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The Most Profitable Bitcoin ASICs of All Time
What’s the best Bitcoin ASIC ever? It depends what you measure. Total BTC mined, ROI, or net cumulative profit all tell different stories — and the answer may surprise you.
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Bitcoin Hashrate −25%: A Simple Dip or a Strong Signal?
Between October 2025 and late January 2026, Bitcoin’s hashrate fell from ~1,145 EH/s to 859 EH/s — nearly 25%. Two very concrete factors explain it, and they reveal how mining really works.
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Saimi Barragan Elected President of French Tech Toulon
Startmining announces that its founder and CEO, Saimi Barragan, has been elected president of French Tech Toulon, the community that federates the region’s tech startups.
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Bitcoin Mining and the Energy Transition (Part 2)
Often criticized for its electricity use, Bitcoin mining is actually a quiet engine of the energy transition — a flexible consumer that funds low-carbon infrastructure and stabilizes grids.
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Bitcoin and Energy: Real Figures and ASIC Models (Part 1)
In early 2025, the Bitcoin network runs on 52.4% low-carbon energy. Recalculating real consumption from the active ASIC mix reveals how mining quietly funds low-carbon energy infrastructure.