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Re:Bitcoin Can Drop 50% and China Miners Will Still Make Money by LifeofPi314 on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @08:28PM (#16120771)
What does break-even mean here. What time frame are you looking at?
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Re:Bitcoin Can Drop 50% and China Miners Will Still Make Money by comicjk on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @10:05PM (#16121156)
I think they're talking about marginal cost of electricity only, assuming the hardware, location, and tech support costs are negligible. I'm not sure how valid that is as an analysis of total profitability. It depends how dominant the electricity costs really are.
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