Also the cost of mining does not set the value of crypto. Utility does. The cost of mining would set the max price of crypto if more miners meant more crypto generated because if it were priced more than cost more producers would produce. But in crypto the number of coins generated is fixed (and in the case of bitcoin the era of making new coins is over).
Cost basis of value is long long dead.
The price of card hovers around being able to fully pay it off in around 12 to 18 months. If crypto mining becomes more profitable, so does the demand for cards, and their market price.
You think the "value" of cryptos are reflecting the amount of energy involved with "generating" them? I wonder if that has affected the energy markets as well.
Yes. As I've repeatedly explained in the past, crypto is fiat petro currency. It's not redeemable for anything and its "worth" is always based on the cost to create. The cost is exponential energy input. Faster cards simply shifts it back down in cost to generate.
Crypto only have value so long as people believe it does, energy costs continue to rise (in a post- fossil fuel world), and computing technology remains unchanged (where computing technology has already changed).
Crypto only have value so long as people believe it does
That's literally everything including gold and houses. Gold's intrinsic value if you assume jewelry and electronics is about 10 dollars an ounce and both jewelry and electronic uses can end tomorrow.
Houses are now being 3d printed for cheaper and better. People may not want an old school sheetrock/asphalt roof shitbox much longer.
At least with crypto we can send value anywhere in the world instantly and no fucking body can stop us. Also, kikes don't create it out of thin air and fund BLM with it or require diversity officers to get loans.
Most don't even know only banks create US dollars. https://youtu.be/JG5c8nhR3LE
its "worth" is always based on the cost to create
aka labor theory of value
if Jack spends 10 billion hours polishing a turd, that turd is still worth jack shit
You think the "value" of cryptos are reflecting the amount of energy involved with "generating" them?
No. Crypto value is based on supply and demand. Their utility value (usually as a money system or smart contracting system), hype and network effects (brand) create demand and the number of coins on chain make up the supply.
Then why has their value tanked? The supply technically hasn't changed, the demand hasn't really changed either. I'd bet energy markets needed a Ukraine conflict to ride high energy prices as long as possible now that crypto and graphics card prices are stabilizing. It also shows us TPTB tried to move towards data as a commodity over energy.
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