What Bitcoin Mining Actually Costs in 2026
The cost side of a deployment set out line by line: hardware, hosting, fees, consumables. And why this page deliberately contains no production table.
Bitcoin Mining
Articles about Bitcoin mining hardware, operations, and industry trends.
Inside a Strategy Session: What Gets Modelled Before You Commit Capital
What a strategy session models, the assumptions it states and expects you to argue with, and what it deliberately does not produce.
Doing It Yourself or Bringing In Support: Bitcoin Mining Through an LLC
You own the hardware either way. Who does the sourcing, monitoring and coordination, what each route costs, and why doing it yourself may suit your tax position better.
Short Term and Long Term Capital Gains on Mined Bitcoin
Mined Bitcoin is taxed on arrival and again on disposal. How basis is set, what the twelve month line changes, and why lot selection is a real decision.
Mining Inside a Roth IRA: The Structure and the Catch
How mining inside a self-directed Roth IRA is meant to work, why unrelated business income tax applies to an operating business held in one, and the four ways it goes wrong.
The S-Corp Question for Bitcoin Miners
How an S-corp election changes the self-employment tax position on mining profit, what reasonable compensation actually requires, and what it costs to run.
How Bitcoin Mining Income Is Taxed: Rewards, Self-Employment Tax and Basis
Mining rewards are ordinary income on receipt at that day’s value. What that means for self-employment tax, your cost basis, and the records you need to keep.
The Passive Activity Trap: Why Mining Losses Might Not Land Where You Expect
Why a year one depreciation loss on mining hardware can be suspended under section 469, the material participation tests, and the basis, at-risk and excess business loss limits behind them.
Bitcoin Mining Tax Deductions: The Complete Guide for LLC Owners in 2026
What an LLC that owns Bitcoin mining hardware can deduct: section 179, bonus depreciation, hosting, and the four limits that decide whether any of it reaches your return this year.
How to Start Bitcoin Mining Through Your LLC: The Order to Do It In
Entity, capital, hardware, facility, deployment and records, in the order that matters. What drives the economics, what to avoid, and how long it actually takes.