Where do the staked coins and GAS fees from Filecoin mining go?

Pledge fee: The pledge fee is like a deposit. It has been in place since the birth of Filecoin. It is not controlled by the mining machine manufacturers. All mining machines follow the same pledge fee standard. Therefore, there is no difference in pledge fees caused by differences in the quality of mining machines.

However, since the pledged coins are "deposits" and generally the deposits will be returned after the goods are returned or the services are completed, Filecoin mining will naturally follow this rule. When the mining machine stops mining, the pledge fee will be returned by the mining machine manufacturer. In addition, during this period, Fil coins will also appreciate. If you stake a few pledged coins, you will get a few back, but their value has already diverged over time.

Since the staked coins are fixed, how to calculate them?

According to the current real-time data of FIL, we can see that the current sector's staked amount is 0.3123 FIL/32 GiB, that is, one sector stakes 0.3123 FIL. There are 32 sectors on 1T, so the staked coins required to increase 1T computing power are:

Pledge = 32 * 0.3123 FIL = 9.99 FIL/T

There is also the GAS fee, whose price is not controlled by miners, and changes in real time across the entire network. Unlike pledged coins, which can be refunded later, GAS fees are like fuel, which will eventually be consumed and will not be returned, and miners cannot get these pledged coins and GAS fees. Don't think that they are all obtained by merchants. In the mining process, GAS fees are eventually consumed.

According to the latest data, the GAS fee required for each additional terabyte of computing power is approximately 4.85 FIL.

With the significant increase in pledged coins and GAS fees, the cost of mining a single T has increased to 15 FIL coins. The current price of FIL coins is 800 yuan, so 15 coins is 12,000 yuan. Adding the hardware cost, the investment cost of a miner per T has exceeded 15,000 yuan. As the circulation becomes less and less in the later period, the corresponding coin price will continue to rise.

Now the pledge and GAS have not reached the top, and will continue to rise in the future. The pledged coin may reach 16-18 FIL in a year, and the corresponding coin price may reach about 2,000 yuan. At the same time, the GAS fee will gradually increase, but whether the 128G sector mining machine will be launched remains to be considered. Because the advantage of 32G now is stable coin production and short packaging period, the disadvantage is that the GAS fee is too high, and the corresponding cost is high; secondly, the advantage of 64G sector is low GAS fee, and the disadvantage is the decline in coin production and long packaging period.

As mining costs rise, the corresponding computing power leasing product prices will also gradually rise. Now the price has already risen. Of course, in the long run, it is still at a low point. The opportunity has come. It depends on whether you can seize it. If the increase in pledge and GAS is the grand goal set by Filecoin officials, then we will be one of the participants who witness the miracle of IPFS.