Bitcoin depends on the community to survive. Without the web of miners and developers, the mainnet is as good as dead.

Two solo Bitcoin miners struck rare wins this week, each earning nearly $300,000 as U.S. mining dominance continues to slip.

The rise from 1 to 148 trillion does not block participation, it measures how much total computational power is competing at any moment. Each major jump in difficulty aligns with real-world changes: ...