Big development on the labor front: freight carriers and the train engineers' union just locked in a five-year wage agreement with scheduled increases and bonus structures. Sounds like a routine labor story, but here's the thing—when transportation costs climb, it ripples through everything. Higher logistics expenses eventually feed into the cost of building and maintaining crypto infrastructure, hardware, and network operations. Freight is the backbone of supply chains, so this kind of wage pressure is worth tracking if you're thinking about long-term industry economics. The deal covers the next five years, so we're looking at predictable cost inflation in that window.
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AirdropHermit
· 1h ago
When freight costs rise, mining expenses soar along with them. In five years, our hardware costs might have to be paid in dirt.
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GasFeeAssassin
· 9h ago
Freight costs are going up again? Calculations show that miner costs will also have to rise... Keep a close eye on the five-year window.
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StablecoinEnjoyer
· 9h ago
Five-year salary agreement lock-in? Now freight costs will rise, and miners' electricity expenses will also surge.
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MoneyBurner
· 9h ago
The rising logistics costs have been locked in for five years. The on-chain infrastructure costs will also increase, which anyone can predict. I'm now wondering if it's possible to build positions early in public chain projects that are less affected by cost pressures? Or should we short those high operational cost sectors as early as possible...
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NFTragedy
· 9h ago
The increase in shipping costs ultimately has to be paid by us... Five years of inflation pressure really can't be sustained anymore.
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MEVictim
· 9h ago
Ha, it's going up in price again... As transportation costs increase, the hardware for mining machines will probably have to move up as well.
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GateUser-74b10196
· 10h ago
Hmm... in the end, we still have to bear the cost pressure ourselves.
Big development on the labor front: freight carriers and the train engineers' union just locked in a five-year wage agreement with scheduled increases and bonus structures. Sounds like a routine labor story, but here's the thing—when transportation costs climb, it ripples through everything. Higher logistics expenses eventually feed into the cost of building and maintaining crypto infrastructure, hardware, and network operations. Freight is the backbone of supply chains, so this kind of wage pressure is worth tracking if you're thinking about long-term industry economics. The deal covers the next five years, so we're looking at predictable cost inflation in that window.