According to findings stemming from a report published by Arcane Research, Bitcoin’s hashrate is steadily going public as an increasing share is deployed by publicly listed companies. Current data shows that the publicly listed miners’ share of Bitcoin’s hashrate is roughly 19% today, up 3% since January 2021.
Exchange-listed Bitcoin miners continue to grow, public miners are increasing capacity much faster than the broader market
Bitcoin mining has increased a lot over the past few years, with the hashrate of the crypto asset reaching all-time highs this year. Currently, the network hashrate is coasting at 222.18 exahash per second (EH/s), or two hundred and twenty-two quintillion hashes per second.
Meanwhile, a recent report published by Arcane Research explains that 19% of the hashrate today is operated by publicly listed mining firms. For instance, Hive Blockchain Technologies, Cleanspark, Riot Blockchain, Marathon Digital Holdings, Bitfarms, and Hut 8 Mining are publicly listed bitcoin mining operations.
Arcane Research author Jaran Mellerud details that while 19% of the hashrate is controlled by publicly traded bitcoin mining companies, the data is up 3% since January 2021. While there was only a handful of publicly traded bitcoin miners in January 2021, Mellerud details that today there are 26 in total.
Mellerud adds that most of the public miners are located in North America and because they have greater access to capital, they “can expand their mining fleets faster than most private companies.”
Additionally, the Arcane researcher details that publicly traded mining operations are growing their capacity much faster than the broader market. In another Arcane report, Mellerud states that “to increase their bitcoin production, miners would need to expand the hashrate faster than the entire network.”
The researcher concludes that since these companies hope to grow capacity faster than the whole network, “the U.S. and Canada’s share of the total hashrate will likely increase.” Using Arcane’s 19% metric shows that out of the 222 EH/s in global hashrate today, 42.18 EH/s is managed by publicly listed mining firms.
