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Bitcoin miners are buying carbon offsets and hashprice plummeted last week.

Ethan Vera
Ethan Vera

Happy 371-days A.H. everyone.

Once again the energy news is consuming headlines. Miners are falling in line by either (A) buying offsets, (B) promoting their renewable energy mix, or (C) rejecting the narratives in the media. Time will tell which strategy pays off.

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Trading Update

Rig Price Index

New-generation equipment stayed flat during the period, the first time we have ever seen this since gathering ASIC price. Across all efficiency classes, prices are up 0.5%.

After a strong run of Bitcoin prices, coupled with lagging hashrate it seems that we have met some short-term equilibrium on ASIC prices.

Hashprice Index

Mining revenue has decreased 33% on a USD basis since the last update, partially caused by a fall in Bitcoin price of 23%. On a BTC basis, hashprice is down 13% as network difficulty increased by 22% last Thursday. With the recent movement of miners to Sichaun (covered below), difficulty will likely decrease ~6-10% next adjustment.


Mining News

Miners Prepare for Energy Concerns

  • The energy consumption debate continues to accelerate in the media. Bitcoin is being targeted for its energy consumption and that is having an effect on the Western companies operating in the space.
  • Greenidge, the mining farm in New York was the media’s number one target. They just announced the purchase of carbon offsets that will make them carbon neutral by the end of the month. I doubt that they will be completely out of the media’s crosshairs moving forward, but there will likely be new targets. I suspect almost every public mining company will need to do something similar.
  • Some companies are riding this wave such as Argo and DMG, which joined the Crypto Climate Accord in addition, to their efforts with Terra Pool, a renewable only mining pool.

ETH Mining Revenue

  • With the recent run-up in prices, ETH mining revenue overtook the Bitcoin network. This is also helped by MEV opportunities which are contributing an extra $4mm per day. Transaction fees are upwards of 35% of mining revenue, a result of high chain usage and potentially an example of what the Bitcoin network could look like in the future with heavier usage.

Rainy Season Begins

  • Chinese miners are once again beginning the migration of rigs to Sichuan, to take advantage of the low-cost power opportunities that result from the rainy season.

  • While only temporary in nature, we are seeing some hashrate be taken offline as the move occurs, resulting in some downward pressure on difficulty next adjustment.


Mining Educational Content

Annica Research is back with a great piece on mining economics with an open-source tool that can be used to simulate mining profitability.

Intelligent Bitcoin Miner Part 2


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