Hedged Mining, Hashprice, Texas and Ethereum Fees

Published: Tue, 10/12/21

October 12, 2021
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Market Overview

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Hashprice jumps 26% to start October as Bitcoin nears $60,000.

Bitcoin’s hashprice broke above $0.37 on Monday as the leading cryptocurrency continued pushing toward the $60,000 price level. So what?

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Sorry, Bitcoin. Ethereum has all your transaction fees.

On-chain data from early October clearly shows the different paths to scalability the two largest proof-of-work chains have taken: supporting one asset or supporting many.

Last month, a record 66% of Ethereum mining revenue also  came from transaction fees.

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Here's what you missed at the Texas Blockchain Summit.

Miners and other cryptocurrency investors took over Austin for one of the year's best cryptocurrency and mining conferences of last week.

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These are simple hedging strategies for cryptocurrency miners.

Bitcoin mining difficulty increased 3.16% last Tuesday, marking its fifth consecutive increase and the longest streak of upward adjustments since Feb. 2020. Streaks of five or more upward adjustments have become less frequent over the past several years.

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Written by Zack Voell, Will Foxley , and Lili Rhodes

  
 

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