QBT Business Model26 Oct 2023 08:39
The current business model doesn't work even if Method B was proven to be a success on ASIC rigs which without any proof of concept should be questioned.
It would only work for solo miners or those miners Not using a mining pool
Example:
Argo has 2.8 EH which it pools into Foundry USA which has a combined pool of 126 EH. Block rewards are distributed according to % hash supplied to the pool.
If QBT's product worked on its ASIC's, posed no risk to Argo's fleet by way of machine failure or warranty ? Posed absolutely no risk of downtime or failure resulting in lost revenue ? and Argo rigs mined more BTC than they would expect given hash the reward would still be shared with all the other pool participants.
Argo's net benefit would be negligible, whilst the risks to Argo's operations, its mining rigs and the viability of its business would be considerable if there were issues with the SaaS product.
The risk v reward therefore makes the business model flawed even if it SaaS and method B worked on ASICs.
https://mempool.space/mining
There could be a very small market for solo ASIC and GPU miners (Mums basement) who agree to split any very unlikely solo BTC block mined rewards with QBT.
A better business model would be to set up their own small mining operation, run some rigs, prove up any improvements and then attract investment from the Bitcoin industry imo