As Texas transitioned from spring to summer in June, Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital encountered a '21%' decline in the amount of Bitcoin mined.
Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital has linked the recent slump in its total amount of Bitcoin's mined in June to the weather conditions in Texas and a drop in transaction fees., Marathon Digital experienced a “21%" decline in June for the total amount of Bitcoin mined compared to the previous month of May.
“The decreased production relative to last month was due to weather-related curtailment in Texas and a significant decrease in transaction fees.”from the National Weather Service in Dallas, Texas, there was a jump of almost 8.4 degrees Fahrenheit in the average temperature between May and June. May averaged 75.6 degrees Fahrenheit, whereas June averaged 84 degrees Fahrenheit.
Cointelegraph previously reported on Feb 6 that crypto mining firm Riot Platforms saw 17,040 rigs go offlineIt was further explained that Marathon Digital’s transaction fees fell to approximately “5.1%” of the total Bitcoin earned in June, compared to “11.8%” earned in May. It was noted that the “emergence” of Bitcoin Ordinals significantly increased transaction fees in May, adding that while network congestion eased in June, the company still has a positive outlook for the “future of mining economics.”This is not the first time that weather this time of year in Texas has had a major impact on crypto miners.
In July 2022, Peter Wall, CEO of crypto mining company Argo Blockchain, which operates a data center in West Texas, told Cointelegraph that the company curtails mining operations when ERCOT sends out a conservation alert.by cryptocurrency analytics platform Coin Metrics revealed that Bitcoin miners made $184 million from transaction fees in the second quarter of 2023, which is more than they made throughout the entire year of 2022.
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