Riot’s $9.1B Anthropic deal shifts power from Bitcoin mining to AI workloads. As a […]AdvertisementRiot’s $9.1B Anthropic deal shifts power from Bitcoin mining to AI workloads. As a result, this historic deal marks a shift of valuable power resources from conventional Bitcoin mining toward high-performance AI workloads. Basics of Bitcoin Mining and Energy EconomicsTo understand this major shift, experts must revisit the basic mechanics of proof-of-work systems. At the core, Bitcoin mining is the operation of millions of specialized computers that are solving an extremely difficult mathematical problem to complete a Bitcoin blockchain.