Lecture 5 — Bitcoin Mining [VEf4erzXKI8]

Fifth lecture of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies online course. For the accompanying textbook, including the free draft version, see: In this lecture (click the time to jump to the section): * The task of Bitcoin miners 0:15 * Mining hardware 10:17 * Energy consumption & ecology 33:38 * Mining pools 50:16 * Mining incentives and strategies 1:04:29 #bitcoin september 2025 #mystery of crypto