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Mining 50 BTC for $5.68 Looked Too Expensive 16 Years Ago

U.Today Published 07.09.2026 20:35

A 2010 Bitcoin forum post shows an early miner calling the $5.68 electricity cost of producing a block containing 50 BTC “a net loser.”.

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