How long does mining last?

For a copper mine, the extraction period or lifespan is generally expected to be somewhere between 5 to 70 years . Other mines, such as diamond mines or nickel mines, have a significantly shorter duration of extraction with some 27 and 22 years, respectively.

Originally Answered: What would happen to Bitcoin if no one mined it? If miners stopped mining then bitcoin would die because miners mine new bitcoin but they keep the system running by confirming transactions. If they stop confirming then the system falls apart.

However, even if another rise in the value of Ethereum occurs, the merge will still end profitable mining . The difficulty bomb will make mining Ethereum essentially worthless, which means anyone currently mining ETH will either have to transition to a different coin or sell their graphics cards in favor of staking.