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by differentView 1954 days ago
If bitcoin price continues to rise, wouldn't the power cost become relatively smaller? Wouldn't miners care less?
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The amount of money for a given amount of energy spent mining you get is effectively Bitcoin price / difficulty.

If Bitcoin price goes up, then the return on energy gets greater. Therefore, it's worth it to spend more energy mining. Then difficulty rises and takes this incentive away, reaching a new equilibrium with more energy spent.