A historic drop in miner earnings coincides with the sale of key hardware to artificial intelligence companies, raising concerns over long-term network security.
Bitcoin mining revenue has reached an all-time low, while portions of mining infrastructure are being sold to AI-focused companies. This permanent shift in resource allocation could weaken Bitcoin's network security by reducing hashing power, the computing capacity that safeguards blockchain transactions. Industry analysts warn that this trend highlights growing competition for high-performance computing hardware, traditionally used for cryptographic mining but now increasingly redirected to artificial intelligence workloads.