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Bitcoin and energy: the electricity behind it and the shocks that move it

Energy is the bridge between Bitcoin and the wider economy. Mining runs on electricity, so the cost of power sets a soft floor under what it costs to produce a coin, and the same oil, gas and power shocks that move inflation and policy show up in the energy dispatches.

production cost$63kElectricity to mine one bitcoin runs about $63k — a $41k–$88k band across fleet efficiency, at $0.05/kWh. The 2026-10-18 close of $82,002 sits inside the mining cost band — efficient miners profit, older rigs are squeezed.

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  • bitcoin shares 12 dispatches, about Hormuz, oil and nuclear.
  • geopolitics shares 8 dispatches, about Hormuz, blackout and nuclear.
  • mining shares 3 dispatches and 3 instruments, about hashratehashrateThe total computing power securing the Bitcoin network, in hashes per second — a measure of how much work backs the chain.See it on the site →, production costcost of productionAn estimate of the electricity cost to mine one bitcoin, from difficulty and rig efficiency. A soft, reflexive floor — not a hard one.See it on the site → and network.
  • policy shares 5 dispatches, about Hormuz, sanctions and nuclear.

bitcoin

The hub: where Bitcoin's price sits against its own trend and history.

mayer multiple1.13×At $82,002, BTC trades +13% versus its 200-day average ($72,497). Readings above 2.4× have historically marked expensive zones, below 0.8× accumulation zones.open bitcoin →

mining

The machines securing the chain: how much computing they run, how hard mining is, and what they earn.

hashrate1,030 EH/sAn estimated 1,030 EH/s of hashpower is securing the chain — inferred from difficulty and how fast blocks arrive over a recent window, not counted directly, so short-run figures are noisy. Read the trend, not any single point.open mining →

energy

The bridge: the electricity behind mining, and the oil, gas and power shocks that tie Bitcoin to macro.

How energy sets a floor under price, step by step

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The energy bridge, in five steps

How a unit of electricity becomes a bitcoin, what that says about price, and where energy meets macro. Each step links to the page that shows its full working.

  1. 01power1,030 EH/sMiners point about 1,030 EH/s of computing at the network (mempool.space estimate, as of 2026-10-19). At a mixed fleet's ~23 joules per terahash, that implies a draw of roughly 24 GW, somewhere between 15 GW (newest machines, 15 J/TH) and 33 GW (older gear, 32 J/TH).
  2. 02cost$63kSpread that electricity over the coins mined each day and, at $0.05/kWh, one bitcoin costs about $63k in power ($41k–$88k across fleet efficiency). Electricity only: no hardware, cooling or overhead.
  3. 03price vs cost1.30×The 2026-10-18 close of $82,002 is 1.30× the central cost, inside the mining cost band — efficient miners profit, older rigs are squeezed. When price falls toward the band, the least efficient miners switch off, hashrate eases and difficulty adjusts down: a soft floor, not a guarantee.
  4. 04what miners earn$36.7 / PH/dayHashprice is revenue per unit of computing: $36.7 / PH/day from the block subsidy alone (fees excluded). It falls when difficulty rises faster than price, and it halves overnight at each halving.
  5. 05the macro side9The same power and fuel markets move inflation, policy and conflict. 9 of the 12 energy dispatches also touch macro, geopolitics or policy; the newest are below.

At $0.05/kWh and 23 J/TH the network draws ~24 GW and one coin costs $63k in electricity. The 2026-10-18 close of $82,002 is 1.30× that, inside the mining cost band — efficient miners profit, older rigs are squeezed.

btc weekly close cost band (15–32 J/TH), dashed at 23 J/THbelow the dashed line in 3 of 156 sampled weeks

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Assumptions: 15/23/32 J/TH fleet efficiency and $0.05/kWh, the same ones stated on the production cost page. Move the sliders above to try your own; steps 01–03 here stay at the defaults.

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