Data shows the Bitcoin mining profitability has dropped down to just 2020 levels, here are some reasons behind this trend.
Bitcoin Daily Miner Revenues Declined Almost 10% In Last Week Alone
Conform celui mai recent raport săptămânal de la Cercetări arcane, BTC miners are now making just $17.9 million per day, the lowest since November 2020.
Un indicator relevant aici este „rata de hash”, care este o măsură a cantității totale de putere de calcul conectată la rețeaua Bitcoin.
When the value of this metric goes up, it means miners are bringing more rigs online on the blockchain right now.
One feature of the BTC network is that it tries to maintain a constant “block production rate” (the number of blocks being hashed by miners per hour). However, whenever the hashrate changes, so does the rate at which miners produce new blocks.
To rectify such deviations, the blockchain increases what’s known as the miniere dificultate. For example, increases in the hashrate lead to miners hashing blocks faster, and so to counteract it, the network difficulty goes up in the next scheduled difficulty adjustment.
Now, here is a table that shows how some Bitcoin miner-related metrics have changed in value during the past week:
The fees per day seems to have gone up by 9% during the period | Source: Actualizarea săptămânală de la Arcane Research - Săptămâna 37, 2022
As you can see above, the daily Bitcoin miner revenues have plummeted 10% over the last week from $19.8 million to only $17.9 million.
The last time miners observed such a low income was back in November 2020, before the previous bull run began.
The report notes that there are two main reasons behind this trend. First and the more important one is the struggling price of the crypto.
Since miners generally pay their running costs like energy bills in fiat, the USD value of their rewards is the more relevant metric to them. A low BTC price directly leads to a reduction in their revenues.
The other factor is the mining difficulty rising up to a new all-time high as a result of a surge in the hashrate. The block production rate sits at 5.9 right now, less than the 6 required by the network, which means there will be a difficulty reduction in the next adjustment. But for now, miners are hashing slower and hence making lesser amounts.
Prețul BTC
La momentul scrisului, Prețul lui Bitcoin plutește în jurul valorii de 19.3 mii USD, în scădere cu 5% în ultima săptămână.
Se pare că valoarea cripto a scăzut în ultimele zile | Sursă: BTCUSD pe TradingView
Imagine prezentată de Dmitry Demidko pe Unsplash.com, diagrame de pe TradingView.com, Arcane Research
Source: https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-mining-profitability-returns-2020-level-why/