Quote from: aphetor on May 04, 2025, 01:54:23 PM

Quote from: Patikno on February 13, 2025, 05:21:11 PM

So the point is that Real Cloud Mining is Mining I wouldn't be surprised if people think this is just a semantic issue. At the end of the day whether you claim it is a real mining rental or not doesn't matter if the customer can't verify anything. I think as long as people understand the process whether the company calls it cloud mining or rental mining doesn't matter as much.

I think this is well said. One point of differentiation that I think is not *just* semantic is that cloud mining is when a company sells its own hashrate production. Two companies that do this currently are BitFuFu and Bitdeer (the second seemingly to a lesser extent). Both are bitmain ofshoots. Because Nicehash, MRR, and Rigly are venues where various independent miners go to commercialize their hashrate to individuals instead of pools, I think the term hashrate "marketplace" is more appropriate.

I warn everyone to check the payback of such projects. For example, if I buy such an ASIC and mine at 5 cents per kilowatt without any additional expenses and taxes, then I see that the cloud mining service offers me more favorable conditions.
They do not pay taxes? They do not have expenses for salaries and infrastructure?
If you install an ASIC in someone else's mining center, then you are sure to pay a certain amount of money so that the company can recoup investments in the construction of mining locations.