Over the last few weeks, markets have been on a tear accumulating considerable gains following the notorious ‘crypto winter.’ Since the recent price hike this spring, digital assets with next-generation miners has allowed participants to secure significant gains and even older devices are turning a profit.
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Next Generation and Older SHA-256 Miners Are Pulling in Decent Profits Especially in China
After the price of core () and cash () started seeing significant gains miners that process the SHA-256 algorithm have started to pull in . The trend has changed since last December when ..com on how only five SHA256 miners were profiting at the time. Now a large majority of devices are doing quite well and at an average of $0.10 per KWh the top ten most profitable miners are clearing more than $10-15 a day per unit.
This includes devices such as the Asicminer Pro (76TH/s), Antminer S17 (56TH/s), Innosilicon T3 (52TH/s), and the Bitfury Tardis (80TH/s). Moreover, if the miners are located in mainland and are getting $0.04 per KWh then those using next-generation machines are pulling in $15-21 a day per unit. And now with the wet season in , the cost of can be as low as 0.08 yuan ($0.01), which means pools with high performing rigs can profit by $25+ a day per miner.
According to , is one of the cheapest places on the planet in 2019 to mine SHA-256 coins like and . This is followed by countries like India, Canada, and Russia, while countries like the U.S. and much of Europe have average electricity prices. The worst regions to mine in the world include Germany, Denmark, Belgium, and Italy as each country has around $0.15-0.30+ per KWh. In regions like where cheap electricity is rampant, rig vendors who sell second-hand machines are selling a ton of older devices.
Zhang Xilin, a equipment vendor in Huaqiang North last week that “the price of second-hand rigs doubled.” For instance, that old Antminer S9s that pull in 13-14.5 TH/s will give a miner $0.25-0.50 per unit at 13 cents per KWh if the person was in the U.S. or Europe. And those profits exceed well over two thirds the global average if the operation is in Sichuan, with a facility full of old S9s. In the U.S. there’s been a lot of as well on sites like and Ebay.
Obelisk & Cuckatoo Miners and 112 Profitable Devices
rigs that mine the SHA256 algorithm processing either or , however, are not the most profitable miners today. Devices that mine coins like sia and grin are raking in much larger profits over the last month. For example, miners that can process the Obelisk or Cuckatoo31+ algorithm can manage to capture $30-50 a day per unit.
Next generation miners who mine Obelisk and Cuckatoo which have been announced but haven’t been manufactured yet could profit by $50-250 a day per unit. This includes devices like the Obelisk GRN1 Immersion (Oct. 2019), and the Innosilicon G32-1800 (Aug. 2019). An X11 miner like the Strong-U STU-U6 due to go on in July claims to offer 660 GH/s which is close to $40 a day per unit with an average electricity cost of about $0.10 per KWh.
At today’s 112 devices that are available to the public that mine various types of are at least profiting by $0.10 a day per unit, with electric costs at $0.10 per KWh. This includes a slew of much older Canaan, Bitmain, GMO, Bitfury, Innosilicon, and Ebang miners. A lot has changed since the low prices last year in November and December and when miners were or selling them for pennies on the dollar. At the moment the two top SHA-256 and have seen significant hashrate and it’s likely due to the magnitude of fresh profit coming in.
What do you think about rigs becoming far more profitable to use with the recent price spike happening? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
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Published at Thu, 16 May 2019 05:02:45 +0000
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