Brutal storm weakens Bitcoin security as major mining pool drops 30% of its hashing power

One thing we rarely think about is how bad weather can affect Bitcoin's security, but it happens fairly regularly. Snow can legitimately pose a risk to Bitcoin miners who secure the blockchain. The snow shows up on the weather map first, a fat smear of color stretching across state lines. Then it turns into the […] The post Brutal storm weakens Bitcoin security as major mining pool drops 30% of its hashing power appeared first on CryptoSlate.