Yes. That's the entire point of having a futures market - generally, the producers of a commodity will be net short the futures contract in order to de-risk the

Yes. That's the entire point of having a futures market - generally, the producers of a commodity will be net short the futures contract in order to de-risk their productive investment. Buying a mining rig trades todays dollars for future BTC. Shorting a BTC futures trades future BTC for todays dollars.