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Data / What a bitcoin costs us to mine, against the market / 2026
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 2026 at $29,625 (January 1, 2026) and closed at $26,491 (September 22, 2026), down 10.6%. The high was $29,652 on January 2, 2026 and the low $23,088 on September 20, 2026.
| Month | Month end |
|---|---|
| January 2026 | $28,264 |
| February 2026 | $28,837 |
| March 2026 | $26,736 |
| April 2026 | $27,051 |
| May 2026 | $27,755 |
| June 2026 | $26,680 |
| July 2026 | $25,148 |
| August 2026 | $25,157 |
| September 2026 | $26,491 |
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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Also in 2026: 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