Related: Bitcoin production growth and capital strategy guiding Marathon Digital — CEO "In Q2, we grew our energized hash rate 54% from 11.5 to 17.7 exahashes," Thiel reported. He added Marathon also increased its Bitcoin production with a record 2,926 Bitcoin mined during the quarter, representing around 3.3% of the network's rewards over that time. Marathon reported a $23.4 million gain due to selling 63% of the Bitcoin mined in the quarter, used to fund operating costs. Impairment charges on the value of its held digital assets were $8.4 million.