October 20, 2025
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Editorial illustration of Bitcoin’s hashrate boosting security for merge-mined chains.

Bitcoin’s Record Hashrate Boosts Security for Merge-Mined Chains

Bitcoin Hashrate at All-Time Highs Bitcoin’s hashrate has surged to new record levels, and the impact is spilling beyond BTC itself. Thanks to auxiliary proof-of-work (AuxPoW)—commonly called merge-mining—networks such as Namecoin, Rootstock (RSK), and Elastos now inherit industrial-scale security without additional energy costs. This marks a historic moment: Bitcoin’s immense security budget is becoming a […]