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Data / What a bitcoin costs us to mine, against the market / 2013
The electricity behind one mined bitcoin at our hosting rates against a typical 7.5¢ industrial rate, on the same machine.
Firsthand cost (Nigeria, 3.9¢) opened 2013 at $0.00 (March 18, 2013) and closed at $0.04 (December 31, 2013), up 10175.8%. The high was $0.04 on December 28, 2013 and the low $0.00 on April 17, 2013.
| Month | Month end |
|---|---|
| March 2013 | $0.00 |
| April 2013 | $0.00 |
| May 2013 | $0.00 |
| June 2013 | $0.00 |
| July 2013 | $0.00 |
| August 2013 | $0.00 |
| September 2013 | $0.00 |
| October 2013 | $0.01 |
| November 2013 | $0.02 |
| December 2013 | $0.04 |
The same machine — a current 13.5 J/TH air miner — mining the same network on the same day, with only the price of electricity changed. The green line is our Nigeria rate of 3.9¢ per kWh, the blue is the 6¢ our UAE and Argentina sites run at, and the red is 7.5¢, which is a normal industrial hosting rate almost anywhere else.
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