Mining the first cryptocurrency brought record profits this year.
Bitcoin miners have increased their profits by 206% this year, earning $15 billion. This is a record amount for the mining industry. In 2020, this figure was 3 times less.
Evaluation criteria assume that manners sell all their mined coins, and income calculations are based on this statement. This is not always true, and the numbers may be lower.
The most profitable months for miners were March - $1.75 billion and November - $1.69 billion.
At the same time, Ethereum mining this year became more profitablemining the first cryptocurrency. ETH miners increased their profits by 7 times. Analysts believe the surge is based on high transaction fees, which have risen due to the popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
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