Bitcoin (BTC) mining reached another peak above 99 EH/s, based on Bitinfocharts data. Other data suggest mining rates may be more than 100 quintillion hashing operations each second.
The highly active mining is happening as BTC prices stand above $10,000 and are relatively stable and predictable. The upcoming halving of the reward in 2020 will decrease the daily BTC mined by 900 coins. Currently, miners produce 1,800 new BTC each day, which may pay directly if sold for market prices. Newly mined...