ORE weekly mining volume nears $12 million, highest since February

The Solana-based mining game also logged its largest active miner count since June, as fees fund ongoing buybacks and burns ORE, the gamified mining protocol on Solana, just had its busiest week in months. Weekly mining volume reached nearly $12 million, the highest level since February 2026. The crowd came back with it. Active miners hit their highest count since June, so this was not a few large players inflating the figures. The numbers behind the rebound Total mining volume for October 2026 came in at approximately $45 million. That was a nine-month high for the protocol. Fee generation has risen with volume. ORE Protocol earned $4.24 million in fees over the trailing 30 days as of early November. The active miner metric may say more than the dollar totals. Volume can jump when a few whales get busy, but a rising miner count points to a wider base of returning users. Hitting the highest level since June suggests interest is spreading, not just concentrating among large players. How ORE mining actually works Mining here has nothing to do with GPUs, ASICs, or anything that warms a room. ORE mining is a game played in rounds on a grid. Every round emits 1.2 ORE. One full token goe...