👀 Something unusual showed up in our mining logs over the weekend. Now you know why. Introducing the 𝗘𝗠𝗖𝗗 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗲 & 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 with @coinhold_wallet! Two weeks. Two chances to win. Oct 19 – Nov 1 ⛏️

Difficulty jumped 5.92% on Oct 16 — the third-largest increase of 2026, taking ~5.6% off expected subsidy per unit of hashrate. #EMCDMiningDigest | Oct 12–18 ⛏️ 🟣 Difficulty rose to 140.58T at block 971,712, the highest level since March 5, after hashrate climbed back above 1,000 EH/s. 🟣 Ahead of the retarget, CryptoSlate modelled what a ~5.7% increase would do to margins. At 8c/kWh a 20 J/TH rig goes from a $1.37 daily cushion per PH/s to a ~0.77 shortfall. 🟣 Binance Pool shuts down Nov 10 at 07:00 UTC. Pool pages stay viewable until Nov 24. 🟣 Listed miners need ~$50B to finish planned AI build-outs — IREN $21.1B, Riot $7.2B, HIVE $4.6B, per BlocksBridge and VanEck. 🟣 Sazmining is selling single Proto hashboards from Block — ~200 TH/s at ~15 J/TH, $1,397 down and $4,187 total over 18 interest-free months. Moving off Binance Pool? New EMCD users get 14 days with zero pool fees and 1 free month of EMCD Monitoring with code welcome2. See you next week — EMCD Mining Pool: go.emcd.io/fxr2cA

🐸 PEP × EMCD Pool Party winners are here! The memes were great, the party was fun, and now it's time to celebrate our lucky frens! 🎉 🏆 20 USDT goes to each of these winners: @Laulix77 @bennylala25 @J7yfa @r3ap3rmaxx @jagoreceh @dom_ini_c2 @dapperside @berengar385152 @LilyinPyjamas But wait… there’s one more lucky fren out there 👀 We’ve emailed our 10th potential winner at the address used to register for EMCD Mining Pool. Haven’t checked your inbox (or spam folder) lately? Now’s the time. It might be you. Thanks to everyone who joined the party 💚

Always read the log to the end. There’s a hint in the last line. Any guesses what’s coming your way? Drop them in the replies 👇

Miners: Would be nice if difficulty kept going down. Difficulty: +5.92%. So much for that tiny drop last time. Thanks for keeping us on our toes, $BTC 🙃 Difficulty changes. We keep mining with EMCD Mining Pool: go.emcd.io/63cm7Y

⛏️ Zcash mining is live on EMCD Mining Pool. Running Equihash ASICs? → PPLNS rewards → 1.5% pool fee → Payouts from 0.001 $ZEC → 24/7 support 🎁 Activate promo code 𝗭𝗘𝗖 to get 50% off the pool fee for 30 days when mining this coin. Connect your hashrate to EMCD Mining Pool → go.emcd.io/yndmCC #EMCDMiningPool #EMCD #Zcash

Nearly a decade in mining teaches you one thing: staying in the game matters as much as growing. As the industry evolves, so do the challenges miners face. Our GM Konstantin Zherebtsov shares his take with @kasmediadotcom. Thanks for having us 💜

Binance Pool closes on November 10. After 07:00 UTC, it stops accepting hashrate and shares. For years it has been part of the mining ecosystem, and we thank the team for their contribution to the industry. If you’re looking for a new home for your hashrate, EMCD will be glad to help. New users moving from Binance Pool who sign up with code 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝟮 get: 🟣 14 days of mining with zero pool fee 🟣 1 free month of EMCD Monitoring Start Migration → go.emcd.io/DtnVrQ

🎉 Litecoin turns 15 Launched in 2011 with Scrypt and 2.5-minute blocks, LTC has come a long way. Since 2014, Merged mining has let the same hashrate mine $LTC + $DOGE. Happy birthday, @litecoin 💜 Mine both with EMCD: go.emcd.io/2tPDfB

Bitcoin mining didn’t move in one direction last week — hashrate shifted between regions, public miners adjusted treasury strategy, and power costs stayed in focus. #EMCDMiningDigest | Oct 5–11 ⛏️ 🟣 Global Bitcoin hashrate stayed roughly flat at ~941 EH/s, but the regional mix changed. The US remained #1 at ~335 EH/s, China fell to ~110 EH/s, Paraguay held ~45 EH/s, while Venezuela rose ~67% QoQ to ~10 EH/s. 🟣 CleanSpark mined 529 BTC in September but sold 702 BTC, ending the month with 13,530 BTC. The company is also moving from monthly operating updates to standard quarterly reporting. 🟣 Luxor put the annualized financing spread for hashrate-based structures at 6–13%. These deals can provide non-dilutive capital, but delivery, collateral and counterparty risk still matter. 🟣 The US Department of Energy backed proposed PJM reforms that would shift more generation and infrastructure costs toward large new electricity users instead of existing customers. 🟣 PowerCompute used 267.4 BTC to repay a $22.45M Bitcoin-backed facility, cutting secured debt from $23.7M to about $1.25M. Mining economics are increasingly about more than BTC price: geography, power access, financing and treasury strategy all matter. ⛏️ See you next week — EMCD Mining Pool: go.emcd.io/3glSwj

🐸 That’s a wrap on the PEP × EMCD Pool Party. Thanks for bringing the memes, frens. 10 winners have been picked at random. What happens next: — Within a week, our team will email winners at their EMCD Mining sign-up address — We ask for an X handle and a USDT (TRC20) wallet — We check that all 4 steps from the announcement are done, then announce the winners here Keep an eye on your inbox, and your spam folder too ℹ️ Rules: go.emcd.io/443rQz