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Bitcoin's $7 Billion Electricity Problem
Miners create permanent selling pressure that investors rarely consider.
March 9, 2026EverVests Insight
If you’ve read my previous work, you know I’ve been skeptical of Bitcoin’s long-term economics. Not because the technology doesn’t work — it clearly does — but because the math has always looked fragile.
Today I want to zoom in on something that rarely gets discussed in the “store of value” conversation: the electricity bill.
Specifically, the roughly $6–7 billion annual electricity bill required to keep the Bitcoin network running — and why that number might ...
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