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Bitcoin Is Crashing So Hard That Miners Are Unplugging Their Equipment (futurism.com)

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[–] almost1337@lemmy.zip 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

iirc, it's miners that process Bitcoin transactions, so if the miners all quit there's no infrastructure left to allow for the exchange of Bitcoins

[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

Yeah but the miners will not all quit all of a sudden. If many quit but there are still enough left, the remainder will enjoy higher profits since they'll crack more blocks (iirc miners compete for blocks)