Paraguay will evaluate future state-run bitcoin mining after launching a pilot program using equipment seized from illegal operators.

The South American country’s initiative puts BTC mining back into focus after “years of tension surrounding the activity. For a time, the country established itself as an attractive destination for miners thanks to cheap electricity and a favorable regulatory environment.”+However, with the massive influx of “illegal installations,” energy theft occurred, and public pressure on the authorities increased. Hence the state’s response to control clandestine operations.

Currently, efforts are underway to repurpose 1,500 of the 30,000 ASIC machines seized, with support from the technology company Morphware and the state-owned electric utility, the National Electricity Administration (ANDE). These entities have established a memorandum of understanding that sets out a framework for cooperation to analyze the plan’s feasibility.

The machines “will be located in facilities controlled by ANDE, specifically near electrical substations to take advantage of the existing infrastructure.”

Although experts indicate that the hardware is very old, the idea is to leverage the country’s energy surplus, known for its low cost and abundance, to power the equipment recovered from illegal operations.

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The decline in cryptocurrency miners’ profits is paving the way for other scenarios, such as artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC).

The volatility in the price of bitcoin and other digital assets has not prevented the industry from growing. However, miners have seen profits decline. The result is the search for other opportunities.

With the rise in the value of bitcoin in recent days, the cryptocurrency’s hash rate has also risen, reaching its all-time high. “The hash rate is a metric that reflects the total computational power of the miners operating on the network, securing transactions and maintaining the decentralized system. This increase suggests that there have never been more active miners on the network, which at first glance might seem positive.”

But there is another indicator that demonstrates the increasingly compelling difficulty of generating income through BTC mining.

In a report by the investment bank Jefferies, it is noted that “average daily revenue per exahash (a unit of measurement used in mining) fell 11.8 % in August, compared to the previous month.” This drop is due, in part, to the deepening competition between miners, “as a greater number of machines are competing for the same rewards.”

miners. In this sense, and faced with falling profits, mining companies are making their way into other technological areas.

“Diversification into AI is not only providing a new source of income for mining companies, but is also allowing them to use the energy they already consume more efficiently.”

It is important to note that the latest generation machines have the capacity to process twice as much data as previous models “without the need to increase energy consumption or expand facilities. This improvement in efficiency is crucial at a time when economic conditions for bitcoin miners are increasingly challenging.”

Mining companies are evaluating the great potential of the convergence between cryptocurrency mining and high-performance computing.

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