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Break-even electricity price in 2023

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 2023 at 18.6¢ (January 1, 2023) and closed at 28.9¢ (December 31, 2023), up 55.0%. The high was 35.9¢ on December 22, 2023 and the low 18.5¢ on October 19, 2023.

13.5 J/TH (S21 XP class), month by month in 2023

MonthMonth end
January 202323.7¢
February 202322.6¢
March 202323.6¢
April 202323.8¢
May 202322.9¢
June 202323.7¢
July 202322.0¢
August 202318.8¢
September 202318.7¢
October 202322.3¢
November 202323.9¢
December 202328.9¢

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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Also in 2023: 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 · Miner prices per terahash · Bitmain releases and the bitcoin price

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