Hashrate is becoming something institutions can actually underwrite. At @BITMAINtech's WDMS Global in Hong Kong recently, @RootstockLabs Director of Institutional Propositions Tony Dicarlo joined the panel “From Hashrate to Balance Sheet: Bitcoin Mining as an Institutional Asset Class.” Much of the conversation around mining this year has focused on hashrate leaving for AI and HPC. Tony made the other side of the case: when hashrate leaves the network, difficulty adjusts and the miners that remain have an opportunity to capture a greater share of Bitcoin’s fixed daily reward. For a well-capitalised miner, that could make this one of the more interesting windows in years to grow hashrate market share. But the bigger shift is happening in how mining itself can be financed. Tony’s argument: hashrate is becoming real collateral, alongside hardware and Bitcoin, opening up new ways for miners to access credit and expand without selling BTC.

"Hashrate is mobile capital." At #WDMS2026#, Joseph Robertson, UK Political Strategist and Policy Advisor at Touchpoint Strategy & CESR, argues Bitcoin mining follows incentives, not ideals — energy sovereignty means abundance, not rationing, and regulation must bring private-sector clarity, not bureaucratic sludge. A post-Brexit UK roadmap vs EU MiCA. #BitcoinMining# #PolicyPower# #WDMS2026#

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Bitcoin's hashrate is up 15% from its July low, even as five big listed miners hand their power to AI. The 30-day average reached 1,028 EH/s on Oct 28, about 7% below the 1,110 EH/s record from Nov 12, 2025. IREN, Core Scientific, Bitfarms, TeraWulf and Cipher mined 47% less bitcoin from Jan 1 to Oct 19 than a year earlier. Between them they've signed more than $50B of AI and computing contracts. Other miners are filling the gap. Bitdeer more than doubled the hashrate in its own data centers in a year, to about 82 EH/s at the end of September. So the AI exit is changing who mines bitcoin more than how much gets mined. The miners who stayed are still squeezed. BTC closed Oct 28 at $81.2K, 28% lower than a year earlier, so every coin they mine is worth less. How long can the rest keep adding machines at that price?

Bitcoin’s avg hashrate declined from ~985 EH/s in Q4 2025 to 873 EH/s in Q1. While companies like Core Scientific and IREN reduced hashrate by repurposing fleets for AI and HPC, others like Bitdeer, MARA, and American Bitcoin expanded aggressively to absorb the displaced share.

80%+ of Bitcoin’s total hashrate now secures Rootstock through merged mining. That gives developers, institutions and users greater confidence to build and move capital on a network secured by the vast majority of Bitcoin miners. bitcoin:native security at scale. Full roadmap: