January 2021 turned out to be very successful for bitcoin miners. They generated $ 1.09 billion in revenue, the highest since December 2017.
As The Block clarifies, in January 2018, mining pools were able to earn about $ 1.02 billion. In December 2017, they received an income of $ 1.25 billion.
Such a record amount of revenue was the result of the famous bitcoin run, which tested values above $ 20,000 for the first time in its history.
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$977 million in transaction fees. Commissions surged in January after BTC hit a new high and demand for online processing increased.
The BTC hashrate on February 1 exceeds 150 exaches per second (EH / s). The bitcoin rate today rose to $ 34,410. Over the past 24 hours, the capitalization of BTC has increased by 3% to $637.535 billion.