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Data / Break-even electricity price / 2018
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 2018 at 552.9¢ (January 1, 2018) and closed at 51.9¢ (December 31, 2018), down 90.6%. The high was 555.4¢ on January 9, 2018 and the low 51.4¢ on December 17, 2018.
| Month | Month end |
|---|---|
| January 2018 | 314.2¢ |
| February 2018 | 232.0¢ |
| March 2018 | 184.8¢ |
| April 2018 | 182.2¢ |
| May 2018 | 128.8¢ |
| June 2018 | 90.5¢ |
| July 2018 | 106.6¢ |
| August 2018 | 78.8¢ |
| September 2018 | 67.4¢ |
| October 2018 | 70.6¢ |
| November 2018 | 56.1¢ |
| December 2018 | 51.9¢ |
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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