Is keeping the coins different from buying bitcoin?

No. The owner who keeps pays the same power bill in cash and holds the coins the other owner sold. That is the same as selling them and buying them back each month with the power money. It comes out ahead when bitcoin is above the average price those coins were sold at.

When does keeping come out behind?

When bitcoin is below that average price. In a falling market the owner who keeps has paid cash for power and holds coins worth less than the cash. The chart shows each month when that was the case. There is no date by which a lower price must recover.

Why one machine from the first month?

It keeps the comparison simple: the same speed and power every month. A real fleet is upgraded over time, and a machine mines a little less bitcoin every month as difficulty rises, which the replay includes.

Transaction fees, pool fees, downtime and repairs. Fees added a few percent to miners' income in 2021 and 2024 and under one percent since mid-2025, so output reads slightly low. Both owners are affected the same way.

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Sell or keep calculator

Sell bitcoin to pay the power bill, or pay in cash and keep it?

An Antminer S19 mining since Jan. 2022: keeping the coins is

+6.650 $

ahead of selling them for power, valued at today's price of 77.447 $.

Selling wins only below: 41.538 $
Months keeping was behind: 12 / 58

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Power rate, US cents per kWh

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Keeping minus selling, at each month's close

Okt. 2026 · +6.675 $

Keeping aheadKeeping behind

Sells to pay power

Coins left

0.1114 BTC

Sold for power: 0.1852 BTC

Sold 0.1852 BTC for 7.693 $ to pay the power, and added 568 $ in cash in months when the coins did not cover it.

Pays in cash, keeps the coins

Coins kept

0.2966 BTC

Every coin kept

Paid 8.260 $ for power in cash.

What keeping is worth at real prices

Close of Okt. 2026
77.582 $
+6.675 $
keeping ahead
Today
77.447 $
+6.650 $
keeping ahead
12-month high
106.538 $
+12.037 $
keeping ahead
All-time high
126.173 $
+15.674 $
keeping ahead

Keeping was behind at the close of 12 of 58 months, for example Jan. 2022, Apr. 2022, Mai 2022. It pays only if you can wait for a better price.

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Method and sources

Prices: Binance daily closes, averaged per month. Output: daily network difficulty (mempool.space) and the block reward of each day, fees left out. One machine at its rated speed, every hour of every month.

Sources: Binance · mempool.space · data to Okt. 2026

Virtual assets may lose their value in full or in part and are subject to extreme volatility. Past prices do not tell you future prices. This calculator is for education and is not investment advice. Segments sells bitcoin mining hosting.

Im Voraus zahlen

Minen für Bitcoin, nicht für die Stromrechnung.

Die meisten Miner verkaufen jeden Monat einen Teil ihrer Bitcoin, um den Strom zu bezahlen, oft bei niedrigem Kurs. Zahlen Sie den Strom für 12 oder 24 Monate im Voraus, und jede Münze, die Ihre Maschinen schürfen, bleibt Ihre, bis Sie verkaufen wollen.

01
12 oder 24 Monate Strom vorauszahlen
Eine Zahlung im Kundenportal. Ihr Tarif ist für die Laufzeit fest, und jeder Monat wird weiter nach verbrauchten kWh abgerechnet.
02
Jede geschürfte Münze behalten
Pool-Auszahlungen gehen an Ihre Wallet, und für die Rechnung muss nichts verkauft werden. Ihr Bestand wächst jeden Monat.
03
Verkaufen, wenn Sie es entscheiden
Nicht am Tag, an dem die Rechnung fällig ist. Sie bestimmen Preis und Zeitpunkt, oder Sie halten weiter.

So funktioniert die Vorauszahlung

Der Plan ist der Kern, der Rabatt ein Bonus: 5% für 12 Monate, 8% für 24 Monate.

Ihr Tarif bleibt für die gesamte Laufzeit fest.
Jeder Monat wird weiterhin nach den kWh abgerechnet, die Ihre Maschinen tatsächlich verbrauchen, und aus dem Guthaben bezahlt. Eine Maschine, die aus ist oder repariert wird, verbraucht nichts.
Nicht verbrauchtes Guthaben wird beim Austritt erstattet.
Bezahlung im Kundenportal: Abrechnung, dann Hosting vorauszahlen.

Angebot für die Vorauszahlung anfragen

Virtuelle Vermögenswerte können ihren Wert ganz oder teilweise verlieren und unterliegen extremen Schwankungen. Dies ist keine Anlageberatung.

Questions

Is keeping the coins different from buying bitcoin?: No. The owner who keeps pays the same power bill in cash and holds the coins the other owner sold. That is the same as selling them and buying them back each month with the power money. It comes out ahead when bitcoin is above the average price those coins were sold at.
When does keeping come out behind?: When bitcoin is below that average price. In a falling market the owner who keeps has paid cash for power and holds coins worth less than the cash. The chart shows each month when that was the case. There is no date by which a lower price must recover.
Why one machine from the first month?: It keeps the comparison simple: the same speed and power every month. A real fleet is upgraded over time, and a machine mines a little less bitcoin every month as difficulty rises, which the replay includes.
What is left out?: Transaction fees, pool fees, downtime and repairs. Fees added a few percent to miners' income in 2021 and 2024 and under one percent since mid-2025, so output reads slightly low. Both owners are affected the same way.

Read what the 2028 halving means for a miner, or see hosting with Segments.