Stronghold Digital Mining reported a 47.1% decline in its month-to-month Bitcoin mining output in Might.
The agency mined 82 BTC through the first full month following the halving, in comparison with 155 BTC in April.
In the meantime, revenues for the month got here in at $5.2 million, a 46% drop from the earlier month.
Stronghold explicitly attributed the drop to the halving. The agency mentioned:
“The first driver of the decline was as a result of first full month of post-halving operations.”
The corporate additionally reported a mean hash worth of $0.052 per TH/s in Might, down from 0.095 in April. It attributed the change to the halving and decreased block rewards, a 0.8% decline in Bitcoin’s worth, and transaction charges falling to 7.4% in Might from 25.3% in April.
It noticed a community hash charge of 1.2%, partially offsetting the pattern.
Decline in manufacturing throughout the board
Equally, Cipher Mining reported that it mined 166 BTC in Might versus 296 BTC in April, representing a 43.9% month-over-month drop.
The corporate acknowledged the affect of Bitcoin’s halving however emphasised that it maintained constructive money flows and expanded its stock and operation websites.
Marathon Digital fared a little bit higher, reporting that it produced 616 BTC in Might, down 27.5% from 850 BTC in April. The corporate mentioned it mitigated the discount by rising the variety of mining blocks it received in Might to 170 — up from 129 blocks in April.
Marathon mentioned it held 17,857 BTC on the finish of Might and bought 390 BTC over Might. It reported an energized hash charge of 29.3 EH/s and an put in hash charge of 30.6 EH/s.
SCleanspark, Riot Platforms, and Bitfarms additionally reported comparable declines of their BTC output fell
The Bitcoin halving occurred on April 20, 2024, lowering block rewards from 6.250 to three.125. The occasion has additionally impacted miner issue.
