Bitcoin miners are transforming into AI utilities based on math

Bitcoin’s (BTC) April 2024 halving cut block rewards from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC, compressing the hash price and forcing Bitcoin miners to reconsider their business model. Instead of waiting for fee markets to rescue margins, the largest operators started signing contracts to lease infrastructure to AI tenants. Core Scientific committed 500 megawatts to CoreWeave for […]