Analysis of the cost and energy efficiency of the Prizm network shows that the entire PRIZM ecosystem can be maintained for about $ 60,000 per year, which is now almost 2,200 times cheaper than the cost of operating the Bitcoin network.
The cost of POW maintaining relating to the coins' holders
In addition to the huge costs of electricity, there is a hidden fee for the simple storage of bitcoins. For each block found, the one who generates the block receives a reward. At the time of writing, it's approximately a 12,5 BTC reward (for now), which is 10% inflation in the total Bitcoin supply. For every $ 1,000 bitcoin that it belongs to, a person pays $100 for bitcoin in order to "pay" miners for network security.
