Mining Profitability Calculator

Estimate daily, monthly, and yearly mining profit — after electricity and pool fees.

Monthly profit
Yearly profit
Break-even
Daily revenue (gross)
Daily power cost
Pool fee (daily)
Heads up: This is a network-difficulty proxy. Real mining returns depend on real-time difficulty, your share of the pool, and price action — all of which move daily. Use this for back-of-the-envelope planning, not promises.

How to Use

  1. Enter the coin you plan to mine — coin price autofills with a recent reference.
  2. Enter your rig's hash rate with the correct unit (TH/s for ASIC, MH/s for older GPU).
  3. Enter power draw in watts (from the manufacturer spec sheet) and your electricity rate in $/kWh.
  4. Set your pool fee (typically 1%-3%) and the hardware cost you paid for the rig.
  5. Read the daily / monthly / yearly profit and the days until break-even.

Calculation Method

We normalize hash rate to TH/s, apply a rough BTC per TH per day proxy (≈ 0.00000620 for BTC at current difficulty), then subtract pool fee and electricity:

hash_th = hash_rate normalized to TH/s
daily_coin = hash_th × 0.00000620 // network-difficulty proxy
daily_revenue = daily_coin × coin_price
daily_pool_fee = daily_revenue × pool_fee_pct ÷ 100
daily_power = (power_watts ÷ 1000) × 24 × electricity_rate
daily_profit = daily_revenue − daily_pool_fee − daily_power
break_even = hardware_cost ÷ daily_profit (days)
hash_th
— hash rate converted to TH/s (GH/s ÷ 1,000, MH/s ÷ 1,000,000).
0.00000620
— BTC mined per TH per day at recent BTC network difficulty.
pool_fee_pct
— operator's cut, typically 1%-3%.
electricity_rate
— your delivered cost per kWh (US avg ≈ $0.16, industrial ≈ $0.07).

Source / Last updated: BTC network difficulty proxy, electricity rate references from EIA. Last reviewed for SmartCryptoCalcs in May 2026.

Examples

Example 1 — Antminer S21 (200 TH/s) at home

200 TH/s, 3,500W, $0.16/kWh, 1% pool fee, $5,000 hardware, BTC at $68,450. Daily revenue ≈ 200 × 0.0000062 × $68,450 = $84.87. Power = (3.5 × 24 × 0.16) = $13.44. Pool fee ≈ $0.85. Daily profit ≈ $70.58. Break-even in roughly 71 days (~10 weeks).

Example 2 — Same rig with expensive power

Same setup but $0.30/kWh (CA residential peak). Power cost jumps to $25.20/day, daily profit falls to ≈ $58.82. Break-even stretches to ~85 days. If electricity were $0.45/kWh, the rig would run at a loss every day.

Frequently Asked Questions

For BTC, only at industrial electricity rates (≤ $0.07/kWh) with the latest-generation ASICs. Home mining at $0.15+/kWh rarely beats simply buying coin. Run the numbers with your real power rate before buying hardware.
Real mining revenue depends on live network difficulty, your pool's exact payout method (PPLNS vs FPPS), transaction-fee share, and your share of blocks found. Our 0.0000062 BTC/TH/day proxy reflects recent averages — it can shift 10%-20% in a single difficulty epoch.
Block subsidies halve every ~4 years (next is around 2028). The BTC/TH/day rate halves too, all else equal. Historically price has eventually risen to offset this, but there is no guarantee — and the unprofitable period after a halving can last months.
For BTC, generally no — ASICs are loud (80+ dB), pull 3+ kW, and dump heat. Most home miners switch to merge-mined altcoins or join sidehustle pools. Run the calculator with your actual power rate and ambient cooling overhead before deciding.
Staking (e.g., ETH at 3.5% APY) is generally more predictable but requires owning the underlying asset. Mining can yield more in bull markets but has upfront hardware risk and runs at a loss in bear markets. Use this calculator alongside our Staking Rewards Calculator to compare.

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