I wonder if mining will pay off when the Bitcoin block reward is halved? It seems to me that the electricity and the price of equipment will exceed the payback
Good question, based on the previous halving which happened last 2012 & 2016 the price of Bitcoin always went up and creates new ATH at least one year after the halving and I think this is one of reason why miners continue to mined Bitcoin because they still see it as profitable. With regards of electricity consumption there are mining hardware already that is available in the market which is cost efficient and I bet they will continue to improve these in the future.