Fractal Bitcoin Just Leveled Up Its Game with a Mining Powerhouse!

Hold onto your hats, folks! Fractal Bitcoin, the slick layer 2 scaling solution, just cranked up its network security to the max by teaming up with one of the biggest crypto mining pools in the biz.

That's right! Fractal Bitcoin (FB), the hotshot scaling sidekick for Bitcoin (BTC), scored a colossal coup last Thursday, April 24. They've got Foundry, a heavyweight in the Bitcoin mining world, to start mining FB too. Talk about a power move!

🔓 Milestone unlocked: @FoundryServices is now merged mining Fractal via our innovative Cadence Mining.

✅ >719 EH/s now merged mining Fractal
✅ Better network security with 93% of Bitcoin’s hashrate merged mining it
✅ Support for miners without needing new hardware pic.twitter.com/kPefEZ8Lyl

With Foundry jumping on board, Fractal Bitcoin's now rocking a whopping 93% of Bitcoin's hash rate. That means nearly all the muscle used to mine Bitcoin is now also flexing for Fractal Bitcoin. The project's claiming it's the most secure Bitcoin-compatible network out there, and you know what? They might just be right!

This move is all about tapping into Bitcoin's fortress-like security while still keeping the juice to run those fancy DeFi apps.

Fractal Bitcoin's Secret Sauce to Lure Miners In

Listen up, miners! Most of you are out there juggling resources across chains like Bitcoin, Litecoin, Doge, or Monero. It's a hustle, and splitting your resources can pay off big time depending on token prices and mining difficulty.

Here's the cool part: Fractal and Bitcoin both run on the same hashing algorithm, SHA-256. And get this, when networks share the same algorithm, they can do this thing called merged mining. That means you can lock down both networks with the same computing power you'd use for just one. It's like hitting two birds with one stone!

So, Fractal Bitcoin can snap up Bitcoin miners easy peasy, giving them extra rewards without breaking the bank. But hold up, it's not all free lunch. Fractal Bitcoin's using this slick Cadence Mining model that divvies up the block rewards.

Here's how it goes down: one-third of the rewards go to Bitcoin miners, and the other two-thirds? They're up for grabs to anyone with the right gear. It's all about spreading the love and giving more folks a shot at mining without needing to shell out for that pricey BTC mining setup.