Bridging the Gap: How Two Mining Firms Used Deliverable Forwards to Keep Earning Through Downtime

Background

Two large-scale Bitcoin mining companies, known for their infrastructure expertise and professionalized operations, faced an unexpected challenge during the deployment of a joint facility. With a focus on efficiency and uptime, both organizations understand that delays aren’t just technical problems — they’re financial ones.

Challenge

When the facility experienced unexpected downtime and deployment delays, the teams faced a critical issue: how to maintain mining revenue and operational consistency without fully deployed infrastructure. Lost production meant strained capital plans and potential concerns from partners and stakeholders.

Solution

To continue earning while waiting for the physical site to come online, the companies turned to Luxor’s Deliverable Forward Contracts.

Through Luxor, they purchased over 5 EH/s of hashrate — effectively renting mining output that was directed to Luxor Pool. This allowed them to continue earning BTC rewards, maintain operational consistency, and preserve the economics of their business despite downtime.

Results

This hashrate-as-a-service model delivered key benefits:

• Maintained Cash Flows: Mining rewards continued uninterrupted, bridging the revenue gap
• Preserved Confidence: Partners and investors saw consistency, not disruption

Conclusion

This use of deliverable forwards shows how hashrate derivatives can protect miners from operational disruptions. By treating hashrate as a flexible input, they turned downtime into a solvable problem. Luxor’s market infrastructure helped them stay mining, even when their machines weren’t.