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Bitcoin’s 316-day hashrate drought shows why AI could make this mining downturn harder to reverse

Bitcoin’s 316-day hashrate drought shows why AI could make this mining downturn harder to reverseWorldPing

Difficulty is lifting short-term capacity, but operating AI and HPC loads give converted power sites another reason to stay away.

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