Jameson Lopp on Nostr: Should we worry about Bitcoin's security budget? I won't worry unless miner revenue ...
Should we worry about Bitcoin's security budget? I won't worry unless miner revenue drops epoch over epoch.
1st epoch: $0B
2nd epoch: $2B
3rd epoch: $16B
4th epoch: $46B
5th epoch: $27B so far
We're on track for miners to earn slightly more revenue than in epoch 4.
Published at
2026-02-09 17:20:16 CETEvent JSON
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