{"id":24517,"date":"2025-06-04T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/mara-mines-record-950-btc-in-a-month-post-halving\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T18:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:10:01","slug":"mara-mines-record-950-btc-in-a-month-post-halving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/mara-mines-record-950-btc-in-a-month-post-halving\/","title":{"rendered":"MARA Mines Record 950 BTC in a Month Post-Halving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mining firm MARA extracted 950 BTC in May, marking the highest volume since January 2024 and a 35% increase from April&#8217;s figures.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MARA\u2019s May 2025 Bitcoin Production Highlights are here.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Record High 282 Blocks Earned in May, 38% Increase M\/M<br \/>\u2014 950 Bitcoin Produced, 35% Increase M\/M<br \/>\u2014 Increased BTC Holdings* to 49,179 BTC<\/p>\n<p>Details in the full report: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yReUgz9xVU\">https:\/\/t.co\/yReUgz9xVU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rDEynAqhlz\">pic.twitter.com\/rDEynAqhlz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MARA (@MARAHoldings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MARAHoldings\/status\/1929872688706998387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>These impressive results follow the Bitcoin halving in April 2024, when the reward for a discovered block <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-undergoes-fourth-halving\">was reduced from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company also set an internal record by adding 282 blocks, a 38% increase over the month. This was facilitated by its proprietary mining pool, MARA Pool, and an increase in hash rate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MARA Pool is the only pool among public miners that is fully owned and operated by the company itself, allowing MARA to retain 100% of the rewards. The pool consistently outperforms the network average in terms of reward success by more than 10%.<\/p>\n<p>MARA&#8217;s realized hash rate in May rose by 30% compared to April, reaching approximately 58.3 EH\/s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MARA&#8217;s success reflects a broader industry trend. The combined realized hash rate of MARA, CleanSpark, and Riot Platforms <a href=\"https:\/\/theminermag.com\/news\/2025-06-03\/bitcoin-miner-record-may\">increased by 15.5%<\/a>. This pushed the Bitcoin network&#8217;s difficulty to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-reaches-new-high-of-126-98-t\">all-time high<\/a> and exerted pressure on hash price, curbing its earlier growth in May.<\/p>\n<p>MARA retained all of its May production, bringing the company&#8217;s total reserves to 49,179 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>MARA CEO Fred Thiel attributed the achievements to a \u201cvertically integrated business model,\u201d which he claims enhances operational control and economic efficiency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In May, Thiel <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/marathon-chief-urges-u-s-to-mine-bitcoin-to-build-a-strategic-reserve\">urged<\/a> U.S. authorities to engage in mining to bolster the Bitcoin reserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mining firm MARA extracted 950 BTC in May, marking the highest volume since January 2024 and a 35% increase from April&#8217;s figures. MARA\u2019s May 2025 Bitcoin Production Highlights are here. \u2014 Record High 282 Blocks Earned in May, 38% Increase M\/M\u2014 950 Bitcoin Produced, 35% Increase M\/M\u2014 Increased BTC Holdings* to 49,179 BTC Details [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1137,1185],"class_list":["post-24517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-marathon-digital-holdings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"205","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}