You might have heard that Bitmain has announced the next generation Antminer ASIC mining devices.These devices (S17+ and T17+) are expected to deliver higher hash rates while keeping relatively comparable energy consumption rates.
Bitmain stays true to itself and regularly releases new hardware on its Antminer line. Usually, their products are the top ones on the market in terms of hash rate, but it’s always just a matter of time until the competition catches up.
Also, there is another problem with third-parties pre-empting the devices and then reselling them at a much higher price. One can only hope that this time Bitmain manages to deliver a reasonable amount of devices.
This time, Bitmain is releasing two devices: S17+ with a hashrate of 72 TH/s that is consuming around 2,920 watts of power and an ‘economy class’ T17+ with 64 TH/s and 3,200 watts of power consumption.
What’s the Profit?
So how profitable it is to run one of these devices considering the current state of market? According to Blockonomi’s calculations, S17+ is profitable to operate, but if you’re hoping for big wins, that’s not going to happen. Assuming an electricity price of $0.10 per kilowatt and running your device for 24/7 for an entire year (no change in difficulty considered) you can expect to earn about half a bitcoin. However at the end of the day, it all comes down to electricity costs.
As for T17+, you could get about 0.45156798 BTC, at the cost of $2,8 in electricity fees.
Is it worth it?
Like everything in the crypto space, this is very hard to predict.
Once these devices hit the market, they will set the hash rate standard, which means increasing network difficulty and lowering the efficiency of the hardware.
Moreover, the bitcoin prices have been bouncing around the $7,500 to $8,000 mark for a while, and if your goal is to sell all of the bitcoin you’ve mined right away, you would probably be able just to cover the hardware and electricity cost after one year but nothing more.
If you are determined that ASIC mining is your thing, it can be a good idea to buy one of these devices but avoid purchasing it from the resellers.
The Bottom Line
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