Even if Bitcoin rises 30% a year this renewable mining model still loses money as hashrate keeps pace
Bitcoin trades near $63,600, below the lowest Bitcoin price researchers tested against a modeled wind-powered mining operation in a new Energy Economics study. At that price level, their model shows no payback within six years under any curtailment scenario they ran. The study, by researchers at the Technological…
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