According to @Excellion, Block's Proto Mining now has the most efficient Bitcoin (BTC) miner, creating a new opportunity for Bitcoin-aligned hardware providers, source: @Excellion on X, Aug 17, 2025. He added that prior mining hardware makers lacked a Bitcoin ethos, a signal that procurement and sentiment could favor vendors aligned with BTC values, which traders can watch across miner capex and purchase decisions, source: @Excellion on X, Aug 17, 2025. Traders should monitor market reaction in BTC mining equities and hashprice to efficiency narratives and any follow-on communication from Block or Proto Mining, source: @Excellion on X, Aug 17, 2025.