Imagine this: back in 2013, some random dude was pulling in a full Bitcoin every single day just from mining. One. Whole. Bitcoin. Daily.



Now fast forward to today—that same amount would take industrial-scale operations months to achieve. The difficulty has skyrocketed, the rewards have been slashed, and those golden days? Long gone.

Makes you wonder what you were up to in 2013. Were you even paying attention to crypto? Or were you one of those people who thought Bitcoin was just internet funny money?

Those early miners who stuck with it? They're probably sitting pretty now. The rest of us? Well, we're here grinding in a completely different game.
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MevShadowrangervip
· 12-05 16:57
If only I had gone all in on mining in 2013, I’d be kicking myself with regret now.
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DaoDevelopervip
· 12-05 16:57
the difficulty curve on bitcoin mining is genuinely a case study in how consensus mechanisms reshape economic incentives over time... like, the halving schedule combined with network growth creates this perfect storm where the tokenomics essentially price out solo operators. makes you think about the game-theoretic implications of proof-of-work at scale, ngl
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NightAirdroppervip
· 12-05 16:35
That group of people in 2013 were really lucky. Back then, I was still playing Legend.
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