#USChinaTradeTalks It's highly unlikely you can profitably mine Bitcoin on your own, especially from home, in 2025. Here's why:

* Specialized Hardware (ASICs): In Bitcoin's early days, you could mine with a regular computer's CPU or GPU. However, the "difficulty" of mining (how hard the mathematical puzzles are to solve) has increased astronomically. Today, you need incredibly powerful, specialized hardware called Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs). These machines are designed only for Bitcoin mining and are significantly more efficient than any general-purpose computer. The most efficient ASICs are very expensive, costing thousands of dollars.