Almost One in Four Bitcoin Miner Models Now Operating at a Daily Loss

The profitability clock is ticking louder for Bitcoin miners. On August 6, nearly one in four mainstream mining machines tracked by data centers was operating in the red.

According to the original report from WuBlockchain Data Center, 22.7% of 22 major ASIC models were generating negative daily net returns after accounting for electricity costs and current network assumptions.

For an industry that lives on thin margins, that is a signal the market ignores at its own risk. The figure does not mean all those machines have shut down—yet.

But it places a spotlight on the shutdown price of even the most energy-efficient hardware, pegged at an estimated $46,787. Below that Bitcoin level, top-tier units would only break even. For older, less efficient rigs, the pain threshold is higher.