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F2Pool Co-founder: There is an essential economic difference between space bitcoin mining and space artificial intelligence data centers

F2Pool Co-founder: There is an essential economic difference between space bitcoin mining and space artificial intelligence data centers

金色财经金色财经2026/02/13 23:45
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Jinse Finance reported that F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun (@satofishi) posted on X, stating that there is a fundamental economic difference between space bitcoin mining and space artificial intelligence data centers. For space artificial intelligence data centers, the potential for large-scale development is virtually unlimited. As long as global demand for artificial intelligence continues to surge, Earth’s resources in terms of electricity, land, cooling facilities, and regulatory aspects will eventually become bottlenecks. Even if the initial cost of space computing power is much higher than that on Earth, if terrestrial computing power continues to be insufficiently supplied, its cost will keep rising until it matches the cost of space computing power. As for space bitcoin mining, in addition to the network latency issue previously pointed out by Peter Todd (@peterktodd) in related articles, it is also limited by the hard cap of the blockchain protocol, making it a zero-sum game. The revenue pie shared by miners is relatively fixed, with about 450 bitcoins in block rewards per day, plus variable transaction fees. Based on the current price of $60,000 to $70,000 per bitcoin, the annual total revenue peak in this field is about $10 billions. In this market, revenue does not grow linearly with increased mining computing power. Unless the price of a single bitcoin soars to about $500 billions, it is completely unrealistic from an economic perspective to build a bitcoin mining farm large enough to cover the entire Venus. However, such large-scale construction is feasible for artificial intelligence data centers.
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