Bitcoin mining profitability won’t necessarily fall after halving

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The increasing Bitcoin network fees, thanks to the emergence of Ordinals inscriptions and BTCFi could complement miner revenue post-halving, according to Acheron Trading’s CEO.

“In dollar terms, it’s not obvious that miners would be worse off after the halving, quite the opposite… The decrease in mining rewards is going to be compensated by an increase in network fees.”is set to reduce block issuance rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC on April 20. Following previous halvings, smaller mining firms were forced out of business due to the decreased block rewards.

“We’ve seen NFTs popping up on the Bitcoin blockchain, and we’ve seen a number of projects trying to build DeFi on the Bitcoin network. So all those elements are leading to an increase in network fees.”Average Bitcoin transaction fees are currently at $4.88 per transaction, down from $16.13 per transaction a month ago, on March 5.

Bitcoin price fell 4.3% during the previous week to trade at $66,851 as of 10:22 am UTC. BTC has been trading below the $70,000 mark since April 1, according toBeyond Bitcoin’s price action, a mining firm's profitability will depend on its mining equipment's quality and energy efficiency. Downie explained:

 

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