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With Bitcoin Sinking, Crypto Miners Just Dig Deeper via @crypto

As reported by Bloomberg Crypto, “With Bitcoin declining this year, you might expect mining activity to follow. That hasn’t happened. “The combination of falling prices and a rising hash rate — which measures computing power — shows how complex the economics of cryptocurrency mining are. An increasing hash rate means Bitcoin mining is still profitable […]

By Chris Sykora · August 17, 2018
With Bitcoin Sinking, Crypto Miners Just Dig Deeper via @crypto

As reported by Bloomberg Crypto, “With Bitcoin declining this year, you might expect mining activity to follow. That hasn’t happened.

“The combination of falling prices and a rising hash rate — which measures computing power — shows how complex the economics of cryptocurrency mining are. An increasing hash rate means Bitcoin mining is still profitable enough for many players to stay put, defying speculation that prices have fallen past break-even points.”

Continue to read the full story at Bloomberg Crypto.