How many miners are calling it quits?

[airdata]

This is not just a doom&gloom troll thread.  I'm being serious.

I have a $600 electric bill at my house due in a week and am running up another as we speak.  With the current price of bitcoins, I'll barely be paying for my electric bill and suspect many others who have more expensive electricity are in the same boat.

Seen a ton of stuff in the for sale section as well as my local craigslist.

Is this the week of the miner mass exodus?

[Man From The Future]

Code:

Bitcoin difficulty
	Block 	Time 	Difficulty 	Ratio
Last 	139104 	01/08/2011 08:11 	1'890'361.69 	x0.96
Instant 	139978-140098 	08/08/2011 12:45 	1'627'361.92 	x0.86
Next 	141120 	16/08/2011 18:37 	1'714'640.86 	x0.91

[Nyx]

no, the prices are still to high for a mass exodus

perhaps around 4 $

[airdata]

I'm thinking of just selling a couple things this week to cover electricity costs and downgrade a bit.

Of course it doesn't help that the market is already flooded w\ used video cards

[Keefe]

I'm not quitting yet. But below $5.55/BTC, I'll have to idle my miners, and buy on the market instead if I want to continue increasing my holdings.

[brocktice]

Mining is still profitable for me, in a datacenter, though just barely. I'm mining not just for the money (bought the miners with bitcoin profits), but also for the security of the network.

However, DC space is expensive. If I lose money for two months straight I may have to consider scaling down. All depends on prices and how my people exit first.

[finnthecelt]

I'm not quitting yet. But below $5.55/BTC, I'll have to idle my miners, and buy on the market instead if I want to continue increasing my holdings.

I'll have to find my number as well. It would be goofy to run at a loss and not just buy the BTC outright. I'll keep my 5830's running though for posterity's sake.