2026-01-19 22:29:40

Bitcoin's 7-day average hashrate just dipped below 1 ZH/s—the first time since September 2025. What's happening? Miners are getting squeezed from multiple angles. AI infrastructure is eating into power availability, and manufacturers keep rolling out proprietary hashrate solutions that fragment the network. The result: smaller operators face mounting pressure while competition intensifies. Whether this marks a temporary dip or signals deeper shifts in mining economics remains to be seen, but one thing's clear—the landscape is shifting fast.

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GateUser-00be86fc

· 01-22 21:20

AI-powered electricity theft is really outrageous. How can small miners survive?

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FlashLoanLarry

· 01-21 21:12

nah this ai infrastructure angle is lowkey the real tell—opportunity cost on power allocation just shifted the entire basis points calculation for small miners. told you so back when proprietary solutions started proliferating tbh

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SellLowExpert

· 01-19 22:48

Laughing out loud, the little miner is crying again.

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HalfPositionRunner

· 01-19 22:41

Hash rate drops below 1ZH, really can't hold on anymore. Small miners are finding it increasingly difficult to get by.

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NotFinancialAdviser

· 01-19 22:34

Mining these days is starting to look more and more like a battle royale... AI power grabs, manufacturers doing their own thing, retail investors should have accepted their fate long ago.

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