RE: Swan Mining26 Jan 2024 10:34
I don't believe this chart reflects new hash coming online, so for those miners that have expanded most aggressively over recent months, the higher efficiency / lower relative energy consumption of newer rigs will help offset costs. No question those miners using only older machines without expansion plans are in a right old pickle.
The elephant in the room is rationally speaking even some of the decent miners should turn off some of their older rigs where they don't make economic sense to run. That would mean less overall EH, less investor interest and depreciation/accounting write offs, so it's unlikely to happen unless their hands are forced. Something has to give though, after April we're down to a brutal game of survival of the fittest.