Is Only Bitcoin’s Price Factor Affecting Miners’ Profits? (PART 1)

The bear market has significantly reduced the profits of Bitcoin miners due to the significant increase in the cost of mining. So besides the main factor is the price of BTC, what other factors also affect the profit of miners?

According to data from crypto tracking website Bitinfocharts, BTC mining profitability tumbled to as low as $0.07 per day per 1 terahash per second (THash/s) on July 1, 2022, touching the lowest level since October 2020.

The ongoing cryptocurrency bear market has triggered a massive decline in Bitcoin (BTC) mining profitability as BTC mining expenses outpace the price of Bitcoin.

What is the definition of profitable bitcoin mining?

Bitcoin mining is a business activity that includes creating Bitcoin utilizing the processing power of GPU-based or ASIC miners that have been expressly created.

The degree to which a Bitcoin miner makes money is determined by a variety of variables, such as the price of Bitcoin, the mining difficulty, the cost of energy, the type of mining equipment, and others.

Factor 1: The cost of bitcoin and its block rewards

The price of Bitcoin directly correlates to the earnings generated by miners, making its price one of the most obvious variables affecting the profitability of BTC mining.

Because they run the danger of losing money if BTC drops below a specific price level, miners pay even closer attention to the BTC price during bear markets.

The amount of Bitcoins awarded to miners for mining a single block on the Bitcoin blockchain is known as the block reward. The first block reward for Bitcoin was as high as 50 BTC before it was halved three times historically, bringing it down to the current 6.5 BTC.

Bitcoin halvings, which try to reduce the number of new coins entering the network by halving the block reward every 210,000 blocks, or roughly every four years, are an important component of the BTC protocol.

Factor 2: Hash rate and mining difficulty

The difficulty of mining a Bitcoin block is measured, and the higher the difficulty, the more processing power is needed to authenticate transactions and create new currencies.

In 2022, network difficulties has been increasing and consistently setting new records. As Bitcoin is designed to self-adjust to maintain a goal block time of 10 minutes, the mining difficulty adjustment occurs every 2,016 blocks, or roughly every two weeks.

Another important measure for evaluating the stability of the Bitcoin network is its hash rate, which indicates how much computer power is needed to verify and add transactions to the blockchain. As a result, BTC is also more secure because it would require more miners, more resources, and longer time to take over the network.

Factor 3: If not mining alone, pool fees

Instead of operating as lone miners, many Bitcoin miners favor joining mining pools. By pooling their processing resources, they can enhance the likelihood of discovering a block and speed up Bitcoin mining.

Pool administrators must pay a modest additional fee to put up the necessary software for this form of mining, which pool miners should be aware of. Depending on the pool, the fee ranges from 1-3% of the miner’s total return.

DISCLAIMER: The Information on this website is provided as general market commentary and does not constitute investment advice. We encourage you to do your own research before investing.

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