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| It's not going to move the entire ship, but it's an excellent way to squeeze more out of what we already have |
| This quarter marked our first quarter of operations since inception with all four of our data centers being fully deployed, and it's a testament to the dedication of our entire team and the strength of our company that we were able to deliver positive GAAP earnings for the quarter, even before adopting a new accounting standard related to the fair value of bitcoin |
| I mean, that means not only are we a treasury balance, we're an operating business that is solid |
| But I think it is important to highlight that even under the previous accounting treatment for bitcoin, Cipher also would have produced positive GAAP net earnings for the quarter |
| Our adjusted earnings were even stronger |
| So it is a massive potential upside |
| We are very proud of these milestones as they demonstrate our relative strength and outperformance versus competitors |
| And with our current financial position, free cash flow generation, lack of debt and best-in-class unit economics, we believe we should be well positioned to be a leader through the next cycle |
| We are really excited |
| And so all I can say is we will remain very disciplined and try to make investments that we think are going to have a fantastic return for shareholders |
| We will talk about it later, but the value of that PPA also increased by over $13 million in the quarter, again a testament to the capabilities of our power and origination team |
| We are excited about the next stage of growth that Tyler outlined |
| Furthermore, as we complete our expansions at Bear and Chief and complete the full Black Pearl site, our overall rig fleet efficiency will improve from 29.9 joules per terahash currently to 22 joules per terahash |
| We firmly believe 2023 validated our ability to deliver on our stated objective by successfully bringing online our initial four data centers |
| Lastly, we are most excited about the enormous potential of Black Pearl, our 300 megawatt site in West Texas |
| I will conclude my remarks by saying we are extremely pleased with our financial performance in Q4 and throughout the entirety of 2023 |
| If we look at the universal public bitcoin miners, it's evident that operators who focus purely on bitcoin mining have achieved arguably superior financial performance and scale |
| We have previously highlighted the significant competitive advantage provided by our power contract at Odessa |
| We believe this is an important step forward for the industry and positive development for institutions looking to invest in the space |
| These conditions, combined with our ability to draw on our ATM, led to a substantial improvement in our liquidity position |
| The SEC's approval of the bitcoin ETFs in January has dominated the headlines, and the price of bitcoin has positively reacted to the better than expected early inflows into the products |
| We believe this is a massively positive development for the space, as it will pull additional investment dollars into the ecosystem |
| As a result, our fourth quarter was characterized by strong topline free cash flow |
| We believe greatly reducing our largest investors' ownership concentration increases our free float and creates a positive liquidity environment for our shares overall as we move forward |
| Transitioning to the fourth quarter, we experienced much more favorable conditions marked by a rally in bitcoin price and a significant increase in our production as we fully energize Odessa |
| We are very proud of this number, and it drives our best-in-class unit economics |
| However, we firmly believe that Cipher is well positioned to navigate these obstacles and emerge as a leader through this next cycle |
| Looking ahead, we are excited about our prospects as we scale up operations significantly over the course of this year in 2025 |
| We produced adjusted earnings of $28 million for the quarter, which represents massive progress and an improvement of over $50 million year-over-year |
| In the quarter, we mined 1,195 bitcoins, which resulted in revenues of $43.4 million, an achievement we all take great pride in |
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| In our third quarter business update, we talked about the challenging operating environment |
| And so this has been a central challenge for us to solve that -- we focus every day on building a great business |
| We anticipate encountering industry headwinds such as the upcoming having and rising network hash rates, which are challenges that all of our competitors face |
| It is worth noting that the losses in 2022 were primarily from the fair value contribution of miners to our JVs at the time when miner prices were much higher |
| Despite substantial topline growth in Q4 at $22.5 million, G&A expenses were down 6% from the prior period |
| I think that business is going to be challenged and so, we're less interested in general in sites that are for sale that have hosted clients with contracts or maybe have obligations on the power side that they can't necessarily pass through to clients |
| There are challenges like that, that sometimes make things for sale |
| Ed, when we talked about operational leverage boost, so we noticed that as well, so G&A coming in a little bit lower than where we actually estimated for Q4 |
| As I mentioned earlier, G&A totaled $22.5 million, a decrease of 6% from the previous quarter |
| Some folks, not Cipher, have gone to jurisdictions where there may be regulatory risk or other challenges that we find hard to underwrite, and you get cheap power, so long as they don't raise the miner tax or the government comes after mining and/or something like that |
| So unfortunately, we cannot move that up |
| It does make sense |
| And so that will be below 20% of our overall shares |
| And with the upcoming halving on the horizon, we believe that the relative advantages of being a low cost producer of bitcoin will only increase going forward |
| While our revenues were up 43% sequentially, the cost of power to generate those revenues was only up 2%, underscoring the value we get from our fixed price PPA at Odessa |
| We've got other known events coming up like the halving, but also things like there's timelines on the ETF approval, which may have an impact on the space |
| We have raised some money via the ATMs, so it will even be a little bit less than that on a percentage basis |
| A few housekeeping questions |
| It wouldn't surprise me if we continue to do things like costless collars |
| So maybe thinking more, I guess what I'm wondering is the utilization improvement probably far outstrips the -- I guess higher marginal cost of the electricity |
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