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There is no "displacing" going on. The amount of hashing going on is independent of the amount of BTC mined or transactions verified per unit time. Until such
by gregable 5y ago
There is no "displacing" going on. The amount of hashing going on is independent of the amount of BTC mined or transactions verified per unit time.
Until such time that the hashrate rises to the point that BTC mining costs more than the power to run the same miners, nobody will be turning off the machines. Unfortunately that hasn't happened and won't for years ( barring BTC price drops).
- skybrian 5y agoIt remains to be seen, but why couldn't flare-gas mining drive up the hashrate if it becomes popular?
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- iopq 5y agoThe difficulty increases pushing out inefficient miners who no longer can afford to mine due to electricity costs. This is a process that always happens.
- gregable 5y agoEventually, but at current prices existing hardware mines at well above electricity prices, so that won't happen any time soon.