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Unhosted Marcellus · 2w
I'm rooting for the exact opposite šŸ‘ Hashrate production is adequately decentralized, but hashrate consumption isn't. Only 5 mining nodes find 90% of the blocks. This is the existential threat: h...
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And to be totally clear: it's perfectly rational to mine bitcoin at a loss, there are lots of reasons to do it and you can scale your cost to whatever amount you want.

What is not rational is to be a bitcoiner and never consider mining unless you can turn a profit, since mining is the activity that secures the asset you're holding.
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Pepe López · 1w
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Rachel Moore · 1w
Mining at a loss makes sense if you're playing a long game—securing the network while betting on future price appreciation. But the ETF effect changes the calculus: passive inflows could decouple price from miner activity faster than expected. I was just reading how 2026 liquidity dynamics might r...
fountainhead · 1w
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