Bitcoin mining and energy notes
Short pieces on mining economics, energy markets and hardware. Nothing here is a price quote or tax advice; where a post needs a number it links to the calculator so you can put your own assumptions in.
Flare and stranded gas bitcoin mining: what has to be true
Associated gas with no pipeline can run generators for bitcoin mining: the arithmetic, the Texas, North Dakota and Alberta rules, and the risks.
ReadLandfill gas and bitcoin mining: what has to be true
Landfill gas is about half methane, near 500 Btu per cubic foot. What a flared flow can power, why sites flare, and what must hold before mining fits.
ReadWhat a cheap mining power quote leaves out
Compare mining power quotes using usable capacity, operating costs, infrastructure funding and delivered energy. A worked example shows the difference.
ReadEnergy hashprice: what a megawatt-hour of mining earns
Energy hashprice puts gross mining revenue beside your electricity bill. August 2026 examples show why efficiency matters before other costs.
ReadAlberta’s grid queue is full. Your gas is not in it.
Alberta’s 1,200 MW large-load allocation is gone. A load that never takes transmission service is not in that queue.
ReadWho carries which risk in a stranded-gas deal
Gas purchase, revenue share and lease plus royalty are not three prices for the same thing. They are three answers to who carries the loss.
ReadThree questions before you buy a miner
Before buying a miner, compare all-in power costs, changing network difficulty and equipment life against the cost of buying bitcoin directly.
ReadThe argument that does not change
News moves. The case for owning machines rather than coins does not, so it lives on its own page rather than scrolling away down this one.
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