HIVE Blockchain Provides May 2023 Production Update and the Growth Opportunities of Ordinals and Unique Satoshis

Abstract Overview:

• HIVE produced 304.6 Bitcoin within the month of Might, from ASIC and GPU mining operations, representing a mean of 92.4 Bitcoin Per Exahash, with a mean hashrate of three.30 EH/s for the month of Might 2023;
• HIVE produced a mean of 9.8 BTC per day in Might 2023;
• HIVE ended the month with 3.32 EH/s of mining capability, together with ASIC and GPU BTC hashrate.

Might 2023 Manufacturing Figures

Aydin Kilic, President & CEO of HIVE, famous, “We’re beginning to obtain shipments of our 1.26 EH/s of ASICs which was beforehand introduced, and are putting in them in our information facilities upon supply. We count on to offer updates on our rising hashrate capability as we work in direction of our interim objective of 4 EH/s, and furthermore, we’re actively evaluating alternatives out there for our 12 months finish objective of 6 EH/s.”

The Firm’s whole Bitcoin manufacturing in Might 2023 was:

• 291.4 BTC produced from ASICs from a mean hashrate of three.15 EH/s from ASICs in Might;
• 9.4 BTC produced per day on common from ASICs, and 92.5 BTC/EH from ASICs in Might;
• 3.32 EH/s of BTC month finish Hashrate as of Might 31, comprised of three.17 EH/s of ASIC BTC hashrate and 0.15 EH/s of GPU BTC Hashrate;
• Month-to-month common of three.30 EH/s, comprised of a mean of three.15 EH/s of ASIC mining capability and common of 145 PH/s of Bitcoin GPU mining capability in the course of the month of Might;
• This represents a 1% month over month finish improve in BTC ASIC hashrate (April 30 month finish was 3.14 EH/s hashrate), and a 2% month over month common lower in BTC hashrate from ASICs and GPUs mixed (April common BTC hashrate was 3.38 EH/s), because of the GPUs mining algorithm having a better revenue per megawatt hour in April.

Bitcoin International Community Mining Problem Is Risky

Community problem elements are a big variable within the Firm’s gross revenue margins. The Bitcoin community problem was 48.7 trillion (“T”) as at Might 1, and elevated to 51.0T as at Might 31, reaching a brand new all-time excessive. Accordingly, Bitcoin mining problem ended the month about 4.7% larger than the start of the month.

The Bitcoin Community Problem is a publicly accessible statistic, which displays the overall variety of Bitcoin miners on-line and is essential in analyzing an organization’s gross revenue margins, and variety of Bitcoin produced. This information is accessible on many web sites, right here is one quotation: https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/charts/difficulty.

As extra folks mine Bitcoin (problem will increase), the every day Bitcoin block reward which presently is fastened at 900 Bitcoin per day, will get cut up amongst extra miners; thus every miner receives a smaller portion of the block reward. Conversely, as Bitcoin costs fall, mining could also be much less worthwhile (or not worthwhile in any respect) for could miners, inflicting them to take their hashrate off the community, and consequently inflicting the Community Problem to lower.

Miners with the decrease prices of manufacturing, are typically in a position to proceed their manufacturing throughout these risky cycles. Not all miners will constantly mine throughout a given interval, and consequently, some miners will produce much less Bitcoin than anticipated, relative to their marketed hashrate. For the foregoing causes, HIVE will self-curtail a part of its operations if the unhedged spot vitality costs are uneconomical, thereby leaving a part of its whole gross hashrate unutilized.

We’re glad that we’ve been in a position to improve our world fleet throughout this crypto market downturn.

Satoshis and Ordinal Know-how

With the appearance of Ordinal know-how, a protocol that permits particular person Satoshis on the Bitcoin blockchain to be assigned a novel identifier, now every Satoshi (the smallest denomination of a Bitcoin attainable, being 1/100,000,000 of 1 Bitcoin) could be recognized and tracked. HIVE has mined hundreds of Bitcoin as a inexperienced vitality targeted issuer with Bitcoin mining operations.

Each Bitcoin has 100 million Satoshis which now means many new potential alternatives. Frank Holmes says, “I’ve at all times believed that inexperienced and clear Bitcoins would over time develop into extra worthwhile as a digital asset as a result of the provision is capped at 21 million Bitcoins. Like Andy Warhol artwork, when provide is capped, and adoption expands over time the worth of his prints have gone up considerably. Now with the explosion in Ordinals we’re experiencing new progress with particular numbered Satoshis.”

Aydin Kilic, CEO and President of HIVE, commented, “As a know-how firm, and a pioneer within the Bitcoin mining house, HIVE is an organization of firsts. We subsequently ardently pursue innovation the place we see advances in our sector. Luxor Know-how Company (“Luxor”) has been an incredible contributor to the Bitcoin ecosystem, by means of software program and firmware developments, and main analysis insights, to call a number of issues. We had been subsequently extraordinarily happy to be taught in collaboration with Luxor, that HIVE possesses 250 Unusual Satoshis in our wallets. There’ll solely ever be roughly 6.93 million Unusual Satoshis in existence, out of the two.1 quadrillion whole attainable Satoshis that can ever exist.”

Nick Hansen, CEO and Founding father of Luxor, said, “At Luxor, we’re excited in regards to the proliferation of Ordinal concept on Bitcoin, which permits info to be inscribed and preserved endlessly within the Bitcoin blockchain. Working with a know-how chief like HIVE to extract and promote their distinctive Satoshis for a considerable premium has been a pleasure.”

HIVE has not specified the value which will probably be promoting its Satoshis, nonetheless will probably be at a premium.

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About HIVE Blockchain Applied sciences Ltd.

HIVE Blockchain Applied sciences Ltd. went public in 2017 as the primary cryptocurrency mining firm listed for buying and selling on the TSX Enterprise Change with a sustainable inexperienced vitality focus.

HIVE is a growth-oriented know-how inventory within the emergent blockchain business. As an organization whose shares commerce on a significant inventory trade, we’re constructing a bridge between the digital forex and blockchain sector and conventional capital markets. HIVE owns state-of-the-art, inexperienced energy-powered information centre amenities in Canada, Sweden, and Iceland, the place we endeavour to supply inexperienced vitality to mine digital property reminiscent of Bitcoin on the cloud. Because the starting of 2021, HIVE has held in safe storage nearly all of its treasury of ETH and BTC derived from mining rewards. Our shares present buyers with publicity to the working margins of digital forex mining, in addition to a portfolio of Bitcoin. As a result of HIVE additionally owns onerous property reminiscent of information facilities and superior multi-use servers, we imagine our shares provide buyers a sexy option to achieve publicity to the cryptocurrency house.

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On Behalf of HIVE Blockchain Applied sciences Ltd.
“Frank Holmes”
Government Chairman

For additional info please contact:
Frank Holmes
Tel: (604) 664-1078

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Ahead-Wanting Data

Aside from the statements of historic truth, this information launch accommodates “forward-looking info” inside the that means of the relevant Canadian and United States securities laws and laws that’s primarily based on expectations, estimates and projections as on the date of this information launch. “Ahead-looking info” on this information launch contains, however just isn’t restricted to: enterprise objectives and aims of the Firm; the outcomes of operations for Might 2023; the worth of Unusual Satoshis; the acquisition, deployment and optimization of the mining fleet and gear; the continued viability of its current Bitcoin mining operations; and different forward-looking info in regards to the intentions, plans and future actions of the events to the transactions described herein and the phrases thereon.

Elements that might trigger precise outcomes to vary materially from these described in such ahead wanting info embrace, however should not restricted to, the volatility of the digital forex market; the Firm’s skill to efficiently mine digital forex; the Firm could not be capable of profitably liquidate its present digital forex stock as required, or in any respect; a fabric decline in digital forex costs could have a big unfavourable impression on the Firm’s operations; the regulatory atmosphere for cryptocurrency in Canada, america and the international locations the place our mining amenities are positioned; financial dependence on regulated phrases of service and electrical energy charges; the speculative and aggressive nature of the know-how sector; dependency on continued progress in blockchain and cryptocurrency utilization; lawsuits and different authorized proceedings and challenges; authorities laws; the worldwide financial local weather; dilution; future capital wants and uncertainty of extra financing, together with the Firm’s skill to make the most of the Firm’s at-the-market fairness providing program (the “ATM Program”) and the costs at which the Firm could promote Frequent Shares within the ATM Program, in addition to capital market situations on the whole; dangers regarding the technique of sustaining and rising Bitcoin holdings and the impression of depreciating Bitcoin costs on working capital; the aggressive nature of the business; forex trade dangers; the necessity for the Firm to handle its deliberate progress and growth; the results of product growth and want for continued know-how change; the power to take care of dependable and economical sources of energy to run its cryptocurrency mining property; the impression of vitality curtailment or regulatory adjustments within the vitality regimes within the jurisdictions wherein the Firm operates; safety of proprietary rights; the impact of presidency regulation and compliance on the Firm and the business; community safety dangers; the power of the Firm to take care of correctly working programs; reliance on key personnel; world financial and monetary market deterioration impeding entry to capital or rising the price of capital; share dilution ensuing from the ATM Program and from different fairness issuances; the development and operation of amenities could not happen as at present deliberate, or in any respect; growth could not materialize as at present anticipated, or in any respect; the digital forex market; the power to efficiently mine digital forex; income could not improve as at present anticipated, or in any respect; it will not be attainable to profitably liquidate the present digital forex stock, or in any respect; a decline in digital forex costs could have a big unfavourable impression on operations; a rise in community problem could have a big unfavourable impression on operations; the volatility of digital forex costs; the anticipated progress and sustainability of electrical energy for the needs of cryptocurrency mining within the relevant jurisdictions; the shortcoming to take care of dependable and economical sources of energy for the Firm to function cryptocurrency mining property; the dangers of a rise within the Firm’s electrical energy prices, price of pure fuel, adjustments in forex trade charges, vitality curtailment or regulatory adjustments within the vitality regimes within the jurisdictions wherein the Firm operates and the antagonistic impression on the Firm’s profitability; the power to finish present and future financings, any laws or legal guidelines that can stop the Firm from working its enterprise; historic costs of digital currencies and the power to mine digital currencies that can be in keeping with historic costs; an incapacity to foretell and counteract the results of COVID-19 on the enterprise of the Firm, together with however not restricted to the results of COVID-19 on the value of digital currencies, capital market situations, restriction on labour and worldwide journey and provide chains; and, the adoption or growth of any regulation or regulation that can stop the Firm from working its enterprise, or make it extra pricey to take action; and different associated dangers as extra totally set out within the Firm’s disclosure paperwork below the Firm’s filings at www.sec.gov/EDGAR and www.sedar.com.

The forward-looking info on this information launch displays the present expectations, assumptions and/or beliefs of the Firm primarily based on info at present accessible to the Firm. In reference to the forward-looking info contained on this information launch, the Firm has made assumptions in regards to the Firm’s aims, objectives or future plans, the timing thereof and associated issues. The Firm has additionally assumed that no vital occasions happen exterior of the Firm’s regular course of enterprise. Though the Firm believes that the assumptions inherent within the forward-looking info are cheap, forward-looking info just isn’t a assure of future efficiency and accordingly undue reliance shouldn’t be placed on such info because of its inherent uncertainty. The Firm disclaims any intention or obligation to replace or revise any forward-looking info, whether or not because of new info, future occasions or in any other case, aside from as required by regulation.

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