Original archived Re: Small Miners vs. Giants: Is Bitcoin Mining Becoming Too Centralized Post-Halving
Scraped on 08/07/2025, 09:54:46 UTC
After the last halving, it feels like the big, industrial operations are just getting bigger, and it's getting tougher for the little guys, even for hobby miners. Are we seeing a real shift here? Is mining becoming too centralized in the hands of a few massive pools and companies with cheap energy access?
Bitcoin mining is not centralized, anyone who has the capacity, affordability and the technical knowledge of mining can do it on their own self, once they are able to meet up with the required minimum mining rig requirement.
Mining pools in this context play a different roles in helping transactions included on their blocks for faster confirmation, Mining in general is decentralized, anyone can go into it, once you're able to be up to the task of solving the complex mathematical equations first.