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Data / What a bitcoin costs us to mine, against the market / 2015
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 2015 at $1.07 (January 1, 2015) and closed at $2.74 (December 31, 2015), up 155.7%. The high was $3.32 on December 28, 2015 and the low $0.90 on January 21, 2015.
| Month | Month end |
|---|---|
| January 2015 | $0.99 |
| February 2015 | $1.24 |
| March 2015 | $1.13 |
| April 2015 | $1.04 |
| May 2015 | $1.16 |
| June 2015 | $1.20 |
| July 2015 | $1.22 |
| August 2015 | $1.41 |
| September 2015 | $1.79 |
| October 2015 | $1.83 |
| November 2015 | $1.89 |
| December 2015 | $2.74 |
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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