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Break-even electricity price in 2014

The electricity price, in cents per kWh, at which each class of bitcoin miner stops covering its power.

13.5 J/TH (S21 XP class) opened 2014 at 80397.3¢ (January 1, 2014) and closed at 1150.5¢ (December 31, 2014), down 98.6%. The high was 82032.9¢ on January 5, 2014 and the low 1150.5¢ on December 31, 2014.

13.5 J/TH (S21 XP class), month by month in 2014

MonthMonth end
January 201449711.4¢
February 201423892.9¢
March 201414566.7¢
April 20149021.1¢
May 20148079.6¢
June 20145311.3¢
July 20144781.9¢
August 20142931.7¢
September 20141931.9¢
October 20141452.6¢
November 20141447.9¢
December 20141150.5¢

The power price at which a machine’s daily revenue exactly equals its electricity bill: above the line it mines at a loss, below it the difference is margin. Each line is a class of machine by efficiency.

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Also in 2014: Bitcoin price · Distance from the all-time high · Network hashrate · Mining difficulty · Difficulty adjustments · Fees paid to miners · Transactions per day · Hashprice · Miner revenue · Bitmain releases and the bitcoin price · What a bitcoin costs us to mine, against the market · Hash ribbons

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