Is Only Bitcoin’s Price Factor Affecting Miners’ Profits? (PART 2)

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?

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Factor 4: Bitcoin mining hardware characteristics

Bitcoin mining profitability largely depends on the choice of a BTC mining device and related characteristics including hash rate, power consumption and price.

Hash rate is the processing power of a miner, measured in hashes per second (H/S). Higher hash rates include representations in kilohashes per second (KH/S), gigahashes per second (GH/S), terahashes per second (TH/S), exahashes per second (EH/S) and so on.

A miner’s hash rate is the speed at which it can solve crypto mining puzzles to mine Bitcoin. The faster the speed, the more BTC is mined in a specific timeframe. As the BTC hash rate is constantly breaking new highs, Bitcoin miner manufacturers regularly produce new mining devices supporting higher hash rates, while older miners apparently become obsolete over time.

Another important feature of a BTC mining device is the energy consumption. With rising global energy costs, a miner’s ability to consume less energy is essential.

The price of actual mining devices is also an important expense when calculating the BTC mining profitability. Both GPU and ASIC miners got cheaper amid the bear market this year, but brand new flagship miners still cost more than $11,000 at the time of writing.

Factor 5: The cost of electricity

When determining if mining BTC is profitable, the cost of electricity is also crucial.

In accordance with national crypto mining legislation, miners take into account electricity costs in various nations. It’s crucial to confirm local standards and specific energy pricing for powering BTC miners in this or that country or location because mining activity puts additional strain on a power grid.

Numerous energy sources, including fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas, as well as non-renewable sources like wind and solar, can be used to power bitcoin mining. Miners should pay close attention to potential effects on BTC mining profitability when utilizing nonrenewable energy in light of current supply issues that have caused energy costs to skyrocket.

Factor 6: Additional costs

ASICs, GPUs, and network indicators are not the only mining hardware with associated costs for bitcoin. The physical mining setup for BTC mining may also require some additional investment, such as suitable properties and facilities. Due to the high levels of heat and noise pollution emitted by various mining machinery, significant costs may involve cooling or noise-cancelling equipment.

Given these variables, the daily profit ratio accounts for 27%, with possible BTC mining profits amounting to $70 per month, or $840 per year, according to CryptoCompare. In contrast, given the U.S. national average electricity price of $0.14, the daily profit ratio amounts to 0% or even generates a loss with the current BTC price and other network indicators.

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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