{"id":164745,"date":"2023-09-29T01:38:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T20:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=164745"},"modified":"2023-09-29T01:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T20:08:40","slug":"public-miners-contribute-only-28-to-bitcoins-global-hash-rate-fueling-decentralization-debate-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/public-miners-contribute-only-28-to-bitcoins-global-hash-rate-fueling-decentralization-debate-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Public miners contribute only 28% to Bitcoin\u2019s global hash rate, fueling decentralization debate &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2>Quick Take<\/h2>\n<p>Hash Index data, presented by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Jamie1Coutts\/status\/1706941452159471772?s=20\">Jamie Coutts<\/a>, reveals that public miners constitute 28% of Bitcoin\u2019s global hashrate. This data point offers a fresh perspective to the centralization versus decentralization debate surrounding Bitcoin mining. While it is a misconception that miners have central control over the network \u2013 an actuality vested in nodes \u2013 the fact that public miners control less than one-third of the global hash rate does strengthen the decentralization argument.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s critical to note that mining pools may still present potential centralization points. The balance, roughly 70% of the network, is propelled by private entities. according to Hashrate Index. This blend of public and private participation further adds to the decentralization dynamic within Bitcoin\u2019s network, ensuring a heterogenous mix of players contributing to network security.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Public Miners % global hash rate: (Source: Hashrate Index)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/insights\/public-miners-contribute-only-28-to-bitcoins-global-hash-rate-fueling-decentralization-debate\/\">Public miners contribute only 28% to Bitcoin\u2019s global hash rate, fueling decentralization debate<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\">CryptoSlate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Take Hash Index data, presented by Jamie Coutts, reveals that public miners constitute 28% of Bitcoin\u2019s global hashrate. This data point offers a fresh perspective to the centralization versus decentralization debate surrounding Bitcoin mining. While it is a misconception that miners have central control over the network \u2013 an actuality vested in nodes \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-164745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164747,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164745\/revisions\/164747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}