Cryptomining

Statistics report on the creation of Bitcoin and Ethereum in various countries worldwide

Cryptomining

The blockchain is increasingly used for cryptocurrency transactions or trading in the virtual currencies. However, cryptocurrencies are finite: Unlike the U.S. dollar or other centralized currencies, where a central bank can essentially turn on a printer and "make" more, Bitcoin and other digital coins have a maximum supply they cannot exceed. As this maximum gets closer, creating - or mining - virtual coins can become increasingly complicated to perform.

This report looks at the process of cryptocurrency mining. This report investigates several aspects on how these digital coins come about and that miners take into consideration when they want to extract them, including electricity costs, which hardware to use, or the so-called mining difficulty. It is a follow-up to the report on Bitcoin (BTC) and the report on several types of cryptocurrencies.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Premium Statistic Countries with the highest Bitcoin (BTC) mining hashrate 2019-2022
  • Premium Statistic Market share of different Bitcoin (BTC) mining pools on April 29, 2024
  • Premium Statistic Cryptocurrency mining revenue as of February 2, 2025
  • Premium Statistic Maximum/current supply of 100 cryptocurrencies worldwide as of March 21, 2025

Energy consumption

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  • Basic Statistic Global Bitcoin (BTC) energy consumption up to February 3, 2025
  • Basic Statistic Energy consumption of a Bitcoin (BTC) and VISA transaction as of January 19, 2025
  • Premium Statistic Bitcoin (BTC) energy consumption relative to selected countries worldwide 2025
  • Basic Statistic Global household electricity prices 2024, by country

Hardware

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  • Premium Statistic Weekly prices of cryptocurrency mining rigs worldwide 2019-2021
  • Premium Statistic Share of 7-nanometer wafer shipments worldwide 2021, by customer
  • Premium Statistic PC GPU vendor shipment share worldwide 2009-2024, by quarter
  • Premium Statistic Global data center markets ranked by cost of construction per watt 2024

Mining difficulty

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  • Premium Statistic Weekly Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty up to February 4, 2025
  • Premium Statistic Dogecoin (DOGE) mining difficulty up to February 27, 2025
  • Premium Statistic Ethereum (ETH) mining difficulty up until November 28, 2022
  • Premium Statistic Litecoin (LTC) mining difficulty up to February 2025

Transaction fees

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  • Premium Statistic Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fee history up to January 30, 2025
  • Premium Statistic Dogecoin (DOGE) transaction fee history up to January 30, 2025
  • Premium Statistic Ethereum (ETH) gas price history up until November 29, 2022
  • Premium Statistic Litecoin (LTC) transaction fee history up to January 30, 2025

Mining profitability

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  • Premium Statistic Bitcoin (BTC) mining profitability up to February 27, 2025
  • Premium Statistic Dogecoin (DOGE) mining profitability up to February 27, 2025
  • Premium Statistic Daily Ethereum (ETH) mining profitability up until May 1, 2022
  • Premium Statistic Litecoin (LTC) mining profitability up to February 27, 2025
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