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Every Bitmain Antminer generation plotted against the bitcoin price, with the most efficient machine available at each date.
Most efficient machine available opened 2018 at 97.1 J/TH (January 1, 2018) and closed at 57.0 J/TH (December 31, 2018), down 41.3%. The high was 97.1 J/TH on January 1, 2018 and the low 57.0 J/TH on December 15, 2018.
| Month | Month end |
|---|---|
| January 2018 | 97.1 J/TH |
| February 2018 | 97.1 J/TH |
| March 2018 | 97.1 J/TH |
| April 2018 | 94.8 J/TH |
| May 2018 | 91.3 J/TH |
| June 2018 | 91.3 J/TH |
| July 2018 | 91.3 J/TH |
| August 2018 | 82.5 J/TH |
| September 2018 | 63.6 J/TH |
| October 2018 | 63.6 J/TH |
| November 2018 | 63.6 J/TH |
| December 2018 | 57.0 J/TH |
Each marker is the first release of an Antminer generation. The grey step line is the best efficiency any bitcoin miner on the market offered on that date: from more than 250 J/TH in 2015 to under 10 today.
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Also in 2018: Bitcoin price · Distance from the all-time high · 200-day and 200-week averages · Network hashrate · Mining difficulty · Difficulty adjustments · Fees paid to miners · Transactions per day · Hashprice · Miner revenue · Break-even electricity price · What a bitcoin costs us to mine, against the market