Eventually miners who have not allocated their resources properly will be squeezed out. Margins on bitcoin mining will shrink to the point that you won't be making any money unless you have free electricity.
Core could very well be just the tip of the iceberg in miner capitulation.
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Here's a Tweet that kicked off a Twitter thread regarding this development:
BOOM! Core Scientific, the largest public #bitcoinminer, just dropped big updates on its operational pain:
  1. Will not make loan payments due Oct and early Nov.
  2. Engaged law firms for capital raise or restructuring.
  3. Bitcoin reserve is down to 24 BTC as of Oct 26.
Quick 🧵
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This what happens because of the stupid financial policies in the west. They lower rates to near 0% causing massive credit expansion, then they print trillions of dollars which pumps crypto markets among other things, then people expand their mining operations en masse. But then the financial policies of the west reverses, suddenly credit contracts, crypto markets contracts and there is a wave of bankruptcies. Not only in crypto but the whole economy. And what for? What is this central planning good for?
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It's good for the rich 1% who can buy up stricken assets for nothing
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At this BTC price, difficulty, and power cost, miner capitulation is inevitable. It is just not sustainable.
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