Market & network dashboard
The numbers that decide whether a lottery miner is worth running: what Bitcoin is worth, how much competition you are up against, and how the reward changes over time.
Bitcoin
Fear & Greed Index
-2 vs yesterdayHigh greed has historically coincided with local tops and high hardware prices; deep fear is when second-hand miners get cheap.
Bitcoin network
Difficulty going up is bad news for miners: the same hardware earns a smaller share of each block. It retargets every 2,016 blocks, about every two weeks.
Halving countdown
At the next halving the block reward drops by half, which halves the expected value of every solo lottery ticket overnight. It does not change your electricity bill.
Transaction fees
Fees are part of a block's payout. When the mempool is busy, the reward for finding a block is meaningfully larger than the subsidy alone.
Market
| Asset | Price | 24h | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTC Bitcoin | $64,611 | +0.79% | $1.3T |
| ETH Ethereum | $1,905 | +1.85% | $229.98B |
| SOL Solana | $73.22 | -1.02% | $42.57B |
| LTC Litecoin | $44.94 | +0.11% | $3.48B |
| DOGE Dogecoin | $0.0689 | -1.20% | $10.71B |
| XMR Monero | $364.39 | +3.20% | $6.85B |
Latest headlines
Mining and hardware stories first, then the wider crypto market.
- The Block
TeraWulf’s HPC leasing revenue jumps 52%, widening lead over bitcoin mining
HPC leasing accounted for roughly 71% of TeraWulf's $44.8 million in Q2 revenue, up from 62% in the prior quarter.
- Decrypt
Bitcoin AI Security Audit Files 4,962 Findings Across 390 Projects
A volunteer group is pointing AI agents at Bitcoin project codebases and says 720 of the issues it has filed are high severity or critical.
- Cointelegraph
Russian president signs crypto law, core rules take effect in 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a crypto law establishing market rules for exchanges, custodians and investors, with core provisions taking effect in September 2026.
- Cointelegraph
RWAs buck DeFi slowdown as tokenized assets gain traction: CoinShares
Tokenized real-world assets moved beyond issuance as RWA deposits more than tripled to $7.4 billion, while lending and trading activity expanded despite a broader industry slowdown.
- CoinDesk
NFT startup founder charged with misusing funds from $10 million fundraising
Federal prosecutors say Taj Tarsha misled backers and used investor funds for personal expenses.
- The Block
EU watchdogs warn scammers are posing as crypto firms and regulators after MiCA deadline: FT
Crypto firms failing to secure MiCA authorization by July 1 must wind down or restrict services to EU clients.
Why these numbers matter to a solo miner
Difficulty is your competition
Your odds of finding a block are your hashrate divided by everyone else's. When difficulty rises, your odds fall by the same proportion — and it has risen relentlessly for a decade.
Price sets the prize
A block is worth the subsidy plus fees. That is a fixed amount of BTC, so the fiat value of winning tracks the Bitcoin price directly, while your electricity bill does not.
The halving cuts the prize in half
Every 210,000 blocks the subsidy halves. Your costs stay the same. Factor it in before buying hardware you plan to run for years.
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