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legendary
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November 23, 2018, 08:23:04 AM
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the government of Noruega

Nice one, is this a honeypot topic?

I feel sorry for miners in Noruega

no one in Noruega

So much for the cheap electricity for miners in Nórsko, I wonder if they must abandon Norwy, where they are going to move, to Lupangyelo ?  Indeed strange move from the government of Norja, but if the people of Noregur will benefit in form of cheaper electricity rates in Noorweë it makes sense to think of Norvegians first and then about miners in Noorwegen.   Grin Grin Grin

I'm willing to bet 10 satoshis that 50% of the people that will post here in this topic from the second page on, about Noreuga, will do it with no clue where this country is.

Joke aside, it seems like there is a serious shortage of cheap electricity in Norway(!)
https://www.reuters.com/article/norway-power-hydro/norways-usually-cheap-energy-as-costly-as-germanys-in-q3-regulator-idUSL8N1U11M0

You get cheap energy as long as there is water and wind, if those are no more, then you're going to turn from an exporter to in importer, and it makes no sense to subsidize crypto mining operations in this scenario when there is little in return

But somehow I doubt those numbers are correct:

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Until now, mining farms — in keeping with other power-intensive industries — paid a low rate of 0.48 øre ($0.05) per kilowatt. This will now rise to 16.58 øre per kilowatt as of January 2019, following an amended to the state budget agreement.

0.48 øre are 0.0048 Krone which is 1/5 of a cent.


hero member
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November 23, 2018, 12:47:40 AM
#5
Well that sucks. A good point was raised within the article though:

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Ramvi added that "more miners in the Bitcoin network does not make it faster or scale better. The only function of more miners is securing the network further,” arguing that the BTC network has been “extremely secure” for “over a year,” removing the need to incentivize more miners.

But yeah, even if their overall hashrate isn't too significant in the big picture, this still hurts because mining already suffers from a distribution issue. One fewer viable country to mine in.
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November 23, 2018, 12:40:31 AM
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phew that was bad news , no one in Noruega start mining Bitcoin again , yeah i knew yesterdar /several days ago bitcoin was felt down a lost , many investor / trader made a big LOST
so i knew thats way noreuga cannot cover the eletrcity cost
just to say on other county if several coutry will meet the same , i think bitcoin will go down again bcz you know ? it will make time for confirmation approved
legendary
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November 23, 2018, 12:40:05 AM
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I feel sorry for miners in Noruega because the cannot cover the electricity cost with bitcoin price so low. I heard that not only in Noruega, but China also got impact too because of Bitcoin low rate and many miners throw they miners equipment into the street. I saw it on a video but I don't know if it's true. Not yet,

That video of people throwing their miners on the street was perhaps the result of a flood that damaged a lot of mining hardware in China and has nothing to do with current market conditions. For now, if the production costs outweighs the actual profit of operators, it's best to shut down the machines for a while and wait for everything to subside. No one can clearly afford to operate at a loss, so it's sensible and practical to just turn it off or mine other alternatives. Everything in the mining scene seems to be crumbling, especially the small-medium sized mining farms, and hopefully price starts to recover at least just to cover the expenses of these mining operators.
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November 22, 2018, 11:09:52 PM
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I feel sorry for miners in Noruega because the cannot cover the electricity cost with bitcoin price so low. I heard that not only in Noruega, but China also got impact too because of Bitcoin low rate and many miners throw they miners equipment into the street. I saw it on a video but I don't know if it's true. Not yet,
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November 22, 2018, 10:52:42 PM
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Following the fall of the prices of the Bitcoin, the government of Noruega has stopped the Electricity Subsidies From Bitcoin Mining Farms. Jon Ramvi, CEO of Oslo-based blockchain advisory group Blockchangers, said: "less mining in Norway will reduce the prices of electricity for companies and people residing in Norway, meaning that we reap the benefits of these resources locally instead of giving it away to Bitcoin miners.”

So bad news for our friends in Noruega with no electrical subsidies and with BTC on low prices...

Article:https://cointelegraph.com/news/norway-withdraws-electricity-subsidies-from-bitcoin-mining-farms
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