The Bitcoin miners have emerged as the most profitable people after they successfully managed to make enormous gains for the first time ever. In addition, this news is greatly beneficial for the network, as reported by Glassnode, the crypto data company.
Bitcoin miners are now involved in one of the most profitable games ever owing to the reason that they made more profits than they have ever before. During the beginning of the week, the revenue of the Bitcoin miners reached another all-time high after their total per day profit was $52.3 million.
Largest Profit Ever By Bitcoin Miners
Glassnode has remarked that this increased profit of Bitcoin miners is a positive thing because it assures the continuity of security for the protocols of Bitcoin. This is mainly due to the reason that miners will be continuously mining BTYC if they continue to get lucrative business out of their work. As a result of this, the network will also be growing.
The question that emerges is regarding the work of the miners. BTC miners decipher cryptographic puzzles with the help of powerful computers in order to verify transactions that take place in the BTC blockchain. A user requires confirmation from a miner to send BTC to someone.
The work of a niner is extremely energy-consuming and they have frequently been criticized for the quantity consumed by them. Miners consume approximately 128.77 terawatt-hours which are equivalent to 14.44GW annually.
Bitcoin mining leads to the same carbon footprint as that of the entire London. Not all crypto mining is this tough but BTC miners have the most difficult job and they get paid in terms of ‘block rewards’ that are valued at $347,477 in addition to their salary.