Bitcoin mining involves solving complex mathematical puzzles, validating transactions and securing the network. Miners compete to find the correct hash, adding new blocks to the blockchain and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an ...

Mining is the process of adding and validating transaction records on the Bitcoin public blockchain ledger while securing uptime for the network. This is how the network persists without relying ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine ...

Families of miners and activist protest as South Africa’s Police minister Senzo Mchunu visit an abandoned gold mine, where miners are rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in ...

Dozens of misplaced anti-tank mines in Poland were discovered in one of the furniture retailer's warehouses. A high-ranking general has been sacked and four soldiers could be facing jail over this ...

While Minecraft's Mob Votes have been retired in 2024, Mojang should strive to implement some leftover Mob Vote creatures into the game ...

Rescuers have spent Tuesday pulling body bags and survivors from a South African mine where scores of illegal miners are still thought to be at least 2km (1.2 miles) underground. Eighty-two people ...

The plains are one of the most common biomes in Minecraft, and are home to lots of wide open spaces ... so if you see any while mining away, you know you’re in the Deep Dark.