Post-2024 Bitcoin halving, hashprice dropped ~59% (from ~$0.12 to ~$0.049/TH/s/day by Apr 2025), squeezing margins sharply. Latest ASICs (S21/M60, <20 J/TH) are mandatory to offset costs; legacy rigs are being retired en masse, raising entry barriers and favoring scale.
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Assess the project team’s doxxing status and track record—anonymous teams carry higher risks. Analyze governance mechanisms: are decisions decentralized via token voting, or controlled by a centralized entity? Check if governance proposals are transparent and executed to align with community interests, avoiding rug-pull risks.
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For DApps, Chainlink boosts reliability by delivering verifiable, tamper-proof data. Decentralized finance (DeFi) DApps, for example, rely on its price feeds to execute lending/borrowing logic accurately. Its cryptographic proofs (like Proof of Reserve) validate off-chain asset holdings, reducing counterparty risk and making DApps more secure and trustworthy for users.
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