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In our first of many research pieces on crypto mining, we look at the evolution of the ecosystem over the past decade.
Since the Bitcoin ASIC mining era in 2013, manufacturers have managed to improve miner efficiency by 100 times.
Mining farms have transformed from small facilities to publicly-listed companies with hundreds of megawatts in their production pipelines.
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