In brief
- Bitcoin total mining revenue has hit $33 million per day.
- Total mining revenue has only been higher during a short period in December 2017.
- Current figures are also up by about 90% since the days before Christmas last year.
Bitcoin mining revenue is at $33 million per day, according to Glassnode CTO Rafael Schultze-Kraft—a figure that hasn't been seen since 2017.
Bitcoin mining revenue tracks the total revenue generated by Bitcoin miners. At $33 million per day, the rate has increased to a point that has only been beaten for a total of five days during Bitcoin’s famous 2017 bull run in December 2017. The increase also represents a major spike in revenue since Christmas.
“Bitcoin miners are happy,” tweeted Glassnode CTO Rafael Schultze-Kraft.
#Bitcoin miners be happy.
Current revenue: $33 million / day
Between the last halving and October, the average daily revenue was at around $10M.
And only within 5 weeks in late 2017 has this number been higher.
The mining death spiral at play.
Chart: https://t.co/Z9u9dMK1vx pic.twitter.com/a894cKT07k
— Rafael Schultze-Kraft (@n3ocortex) January 6, 2021
On December 16, 2020, the total Bitcoin mining revenue was at $17 million, which means the total revenue has increased by over 90% since Christmas and the start of the new year.
→This spike however, is not unprecedented. On December 18, 2017, the total Bitcoin mining revenue hit just under $50 million. This spike was achieved just one month after revenue figures were only around $17 million.
Coinciding with the infamous price crash that followed the 2017 Christmas bull run, total Bitcoin mining revenue fell to $16 million by mid-February 2018. Might that happen again?
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