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Topic: will the cost of mining affect the bitcoin price ? - page 3. (Read 2672 times)

legendary
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Mining difficulty follows price, not the other way around.

If too many miners drop out, the difficulty automatically adjusts so that the block interval is still about the same.

It is elegant in that the more Bitcoin is worth, the more resources are put into protecting it.


you need a serious drop to instigate miners to drop out, also the diff retarget of bitcoin, is so slow is not even funny, by the time the miners leave the price will return at the first point, and miners will return as well
legendary
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Let the chips fall where they may.
Mining difficulty follows price, not the other way around.

If too many miners drop out, the difficulty automatically adjusts so that the block interval is still about the same.

It is elegant in that the more Bitcoin is worth, the more resources are put into protecting it.
member
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given the fact that the difficulty usually increases, if one day the cost of mining 1 bitcoin reaches 1000$, and that the bitcoin price is 500$

1) will the miners stop and therefore the cost of mining will go back to 500$/bitcoin

2) or will the miners only sell at 1000$ and therefore increase the price to 1000 $ ?

i guess a little bit of both, but maybe miners are powerful enough to dictate the price and make it rise ?
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