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Re:Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced as diffi... by rayiner on Saturday April 11, 2026 @11:41AM (#47731523)
If costs stay high, then people will drop out of bitcoin mining, which will cause supply to go down and bitcoin prices to go up.
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Re:Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced as diffi... by Nursie on Saturday April 11, 2026 @12:25PM (#47731853)
It won’t cause supply to go down, the same amount of Bitcoin is produced whether it’s mined by millions of ASICs or a single 2008-vintage laptop.
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