The Next Difficulty Adjustment: When Can We Be Certain What It Will Be?
Analyzing Four Years of Difficulty Adjustment Forecasts.
Hashrate Index Roundup (December 11, 2022)
The profitability boost from last week's difficulty adjustment won't last for long...
How Does the Current Bitcoin Mining Bear Market Compare to Previous Ones?
Is the current bear market the worst in the history of bitcoin mining? How long could it take before bitcoin mining profitability returns to higher levels? This article attempts to answer those questions by comparing the current bitcoin mining bear market to two previous ones.
Quantifying Compute North's 363 Sale: Dollars Raised and Who Bought In
Compute North's secured debt is all accounted for, but it didn't raise enough cash to fully remunerate unsecured creditors.
Highlights from Hive's Q3 Report
Hive Blockchain just lost its cash cow as Ethereum transitioned to proof-of-stake. This article analyzes the company's financial strength and discusses how impacted it was by "the merge".
Hashrate Index Roundup (December 4, 2022)
We're due for a sizeable negative difficulty adjustment tomorrow, which will give a much needed boost to hashprice.
Power Prices and Bitcoin Mining Profitability in Bull and Bear Markets
The importance of minimizing electricity costs only becomes evident during bear markets. In this article, I show how little the electricity price impacted bitcoin mining profitability during the previous bull market and discuss how it incentivized miners to prioritize growth over efficiency.
Timing the Market: Bitcoin Mining ASIC ROIs in 2022
Timing the ASIC market beats time in the market - at least it has in 2022. This article discusses how machine prices have developed over the past year and shows the return differences between purchasing machines on different dates.
