It costs over $114K to mine one Bitcoin in Hawaii, research shows.
Unsurprisingly, soaring electricity rates across the U.S. states have contributed to rising Bitcoin mining costs.surged at an average of 10.71% per U.S. state, higher than the average consumer price index surge of 6.4%.Coupled with Bitcoin'sin 2022, which saw a maximum drawdown from around $48,000 to below $15,000, it is evident that active miners generated consistent losses due to the increase in operational costs and lower returns.
But this changed in Q1 of this year as the miners' hashprice, or the USD price per tera-hash per second per day , rose 31% thanks to"Bleak as the new year looked at the outset, the lowest day for hashprice on a USD basis in Q1 was January 1," noted researchers at Hashrate Index, adding: "It was only up from there as a 70% rise resuscitated Bitcoin’s price over the quarter, and along with it, hashprice."Which state is cheapest, most expensive to mine Bitcoin in?
New Mexico emerged as the cheapest and, in turn, more profitable state for Bitcoin miners in Q1 at $16,850 to mint one BTC. On the other hand, Hawaii was the most expensive at around $114,590. Regionally, the south and the midwestern US states are the most attractive for miners in terms of electricity.More recently, some U.S. states, including
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