Bear Market Resilience: Auctions amplified 2022-2024 downturns via unlocks. Coretime's flexible costs help projects survive, sustaining DOT floor. Expansion rebounds strongly in 2025 with lower overheads.
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Chainlink's primary role in Web3 is providing decentralized oracle services that fetch and verify off-chain data for on-chain use, making smart contracts more versatile and secure. This infrastructure underpins the ecosystem by powering mission-critical applications. For DApps, its support potential lies in tools like Functions, a serverless platform for custom computations and API calls, which simplifies building advanced features. This enables DApps in healthcare for secure data feeds, social platforms for verified user metrics, and environmental apps for real-time sensor data, expanding Web3's reach beyond finance.
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Geographic relocation is a major trend. Miners are moving operations to regions with abundant renewable energy or government subsidies, such as parts of Central Asia and South America. These areas offer electricity rates under $0.05/kWh, enabling positive ROI despite global energy inflation. The industry is consolidating around these low-cost hubs, leaving high-cost regions like Europe and North America less competitive.
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