During the month of April, bitcoin miners’ mining profits plummeted. Ethereum miners, on the other hand, made $224 million more than Bitcoin miners.
According to the data below from Ycharts, BTC miners were down significantly from the prior year at press time. In reality, April’s revenue dropped to $34 million from a high of $1.21 billion in March 2022.
Investors hoped to benefit at least from Bitcoin mining, but the BTC network was severely harmed when Bitcoin mining difficulty increased to 29.79T. Since April 2021, the entire profitability of Bitcoin has decreased by 31% in the last year.
Ethereum and the major altcoin miners took advantage of the opportunity. When Ethereum broke through the $4,000 obstacle in 2021, mining got even more profitable. With the approaching merge, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Bitcoin to maintain its position as the crypto king. With these continuous advances, more miners are migrating to the Ether network.
Because the total number of coins earned was multiplied by a substantially higher ETH price than BTC in April 2022, Ethereum miners’ revenue topped Bitcoin’s. In April, ETH miners made $1.39 billion in revenue, while BTC miners made roughly $1.16 billion. In contrast to Bitcoin, Ethereum income climbed by 3% in March.
Overall, miners’ earnings are determined by the price of a cryptocurrency and the amount of coins earned over time. To make matters worse, BTC miners liquidated a significant portion of their BTC coins as the sell-off began.
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