Bitcoin risks a mining death spiral if its price does not recover. With 95% of supply mined, mining profits have been in the dumpster for nearly a year and fees are only 5% of the reward, not offsetting the halving. Compounding losses would force miners to stop, even with free power, since staff and maintenance still cost money, and farms could be dumped as in the 2021 crash. Fewer miners and lower difficulty mean weaker security and less trust, opening the door to quantum or AI attacks. x.com x.com x.com x.com x.com x.comÂ
