Mining economics
ASIC Depreciation and US Tax Treatment for Miners
Mining hardware depreciation affects ASIC ROI, taxes, and upgrade timing. Learn proven schedules, IRS rules, and real-world cost-saving tips for 2025.
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Mining economics
The Seven Variables That Decide Whether an ASIC Makes Money
Discover the top 7 mining profitability factors that impact ASIC crypto mining success. Learn actionable tips to boost results and make smart decisions.
December 26, 2025
Mining economics
Cloud Mining vs Buying Your Own Miner: An Honest Comparison
Cloud mining sells you the output of a machine without the machine. That is the whole appeal — no noise, no electrician, no 3,250 W of...
June 8, 2024
Mining economics
What Actually Moves Mining Margin: Five Levers, With the Arithmetic
Mining margin has exactly five levers, and they are not equally powerful. Your electricity rate does more than the other four combined. Everything else on this...
June 8, 2024
Mining economics
Why We Don’t Publish Crypto Price Predictions
We do not publish cryptocurrency price predictions, and this page used to. It carried a table of price targets for Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, Radix...
June 8, 2024
Mining economics
What a Miner Actually Earns: Hashprice Explained
A miner does not earn bitcoin. A miner earns hashprice — the amount the network pays per unit of hashrate per day — and that is...
June 8, 2024
Mining economics
How Cryptocurrency Prices Are Actually Set: Order Books, Liquidity and Demand
A cryptocurrency's price is not a value someone calculates. It is simply the price of the most recent trade on an exchange order book, and it...
June 8, 2024
Mining economics
Who Actually Moves a Coin’s Price: Whales, Leverage and Thin Order Books
In a thin market, the price is not set by the crowd. It is set by whoever is willing to move the most size, and in...
June 8, 2024