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What happens if miners stop mining Bitcoin?
What happens if miners stop mining Bitcoin?
WindRider
Tue Dec 17 2024
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I'm wondering about the potential consequences if miners decide to halt the process of mining Bitcoin. Would the network collapse or would there be other implications?
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EmeraldPulse
Thu Dec 19 2024
When Bitcoin prices decline, mining becomes less lucrative.
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Riccardo
Thu Dec 19 2024
As mining becomes less profitable, miners may reduce their operations, leading to a drop in hashrate.
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CryptoMystic
Thu Dec 19 2024
A decrease in hashrate means fewer miners are validating transactions and adding new blocks to the blockchain.
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BlockchainBaroness
Thu Dec 19 2024
This reduction in blockchain activity can grind the network to a halt, as transactions are not being processed and new blocks are not being created.
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Sara
Thu Dec 19 2024
The profitability of mining is heavily reliant on the price of Bitcoin.
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