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Integrated Ventures Powers Ahead With Bitcoin Mining Operations
Bitcoin Miners - Great Way to Play Bitcoin Market With Less Volatility.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA--(Marketwired - Nov 28, 2017) - Integrated Ventures (OTCQB:INTV) (INTV) has reinvented itself as a pure play on bitcoin mining. Earlier this year INTV set up a wholly owned subsidiary BitcoLab to focus exclusively on setting up bitcoin mining operations. Their approach seems to be very measured and thoughtful because they are starting out small in order to prove the concept out with a 1000 SF warehouse and then expanding to a 10,000 SF warehouse with solar panel roof. They have a diversified coin strategy and are mining Bitcoin, Etherium, and Litecoin. They have also taken a number of calculated measures to improve the company structure with only 40 million authorized and a significantly strengthened the balance sheet it positions them well for future growth. The company is cash flow positive after the mining rigs started last week. There is also a hint of a vertical integration strategy that may lead to other acquisitions. The company is also breaking new ground as one of 2 publicly traded bitcoin mining companies.
Core Business : Mining Operation
Bitcoin mining operations seem simple on the surface and most think you need power and need some mining units. If we translate this into an analogy its equivalent to gold panning on a river. It's not very efficient. Bitcoin mining is far more complex and you want to select a bitcoin miner that has streamlined operations and is getting ever last ounce of productivity out of the operation. Whichever bitcoin miner has the most powerful machines has an advantage over others. What this means is that the miner needs to have the latest mining equipment. Believe it or not by the time the miner gets delivery of his equipment it's almost obsolete. A miner need to find a way to optimize his mining rigs by selling the low performing ones and replacing them with the most advance models while optimizing the return on investment. Power is also a bit factor so getting a renewable source of energy like solar would reduce the cost of minding. Another factor is the volatility in the bitcoin market. A good miner will have a trader that takes advantage of this volatility or hedges the risk. Mining equipment can break so contingency planning and manning the downtime is another very important factor in operations. Another consideration is that miners operate together as part of mining pools and switching between pools to optimize the yield is part of the game as well. The cool thing is that you can measure their efficiency by their yield and the numbers are in real time.
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