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.

ΖωντανάBTC$75,673Hashprice$0.032/TH/ημέραΔυσκολία148.4 THalvingσε 522 ημέρεςΕλεύθερες θέσεις φιλοξενίας στοF49,F48,F39+7 ακόμηστις 20:00 GST

Sell or keep calculator

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

An Antminer S19 mining since Ιαν 2022: keeping the coins is

+6.321 $

ahead of selling them for power, valued at today's price of 75.673 $.

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

Machine

Start mining in

FromTo

Power rate, US cents per kWh

¢/kWh

Keeping minus selling, at each month's close

Οκτ 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 Οκτ 2026
77.582 $
+6.675 $
keeping ahead
Today
75.673 $
+6.321 $
keeping ahead
12-month high
105.973 $
+11.933 $
keeping ahead
All-time high
126.173 $
+15.674 $
keeping ahead

Keeping was behind at the close of 12 of 58 months, for example Ιαν 2022, Απρ 2022, Μαΐ 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 Οκτ 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.

Πληρωμή εκ των προτέρων

Εξορύξτε για bitcoin, όχι για τον λογαριασμό ρεύματος.

Οι περισσότεροι miners πουλούν κάθε μήνα μέρος των bitcoin τους για να πληρώσουν το ρεύμα, συχνά όταν η τιμή είναι χαμηλή. Πληρώστε το ρεύμα από πριν για 12 ή 24 μήνες και κάθε νόμισμα που εξορύσσουν τα μηχανήματά σας μένει δικό σας, μέχρι να αποφασίσετε να πουλήσετε.

01
Προπληρώστε 12 ή 24 μήνες ρεύματος
Μία πληρωμή από την πύλη πελατών. Η τιμή σας είναι σταθερή για όλη τη διάρκεια και κάθε μήνας χρεώνεται με βάση τις kWh που καταναλώθηκαν.
02
Κρατήστε κάθε νόμισμα που εξορύσσετε
Οι πληρωμές του pool πάνε στο πορτοφόλι σας και δεν χρειάζεται να πουληθεί τίποτα για τον λογαριασμό. Το απόθεμά σας μεγαλώνει κάθε μήνα.
03
Πουλήστε όταν το αποφασίσετε
Όχι τη μέρα που λήγει ο λογαριασμός. Εσείς ορίζετε τιμή και χρόνο, ή συνεχίζετε να κρατάτε.

Πώς λειτουργεί η προπληρωμή

Το σχέδιο είναι η ουσία, η έκπτωση ένα μπόνους: 5% για 12 μήνες, 8% για 24 μήνες.

Η τιμή σας μένει σταθερή για όλη τη διάρκεια.
Κάθε μήνας χρεώνεται με βάση τις kWh που καταναλώνουν πραγματικά τα μηχανήματά σας, από το προπληρωμένο υπόλοιπο. Ένα μηχάνημα που είναι κλειστό ή σε επισκευή δεν καταναλώνει τίποτα.
Το αχρησιμοποίητο υπόλοιπο επιστρέφεται όταν αποχωρήσετε.
Πληρωμή από την πύλη πελατών: Χρεώσεις και μετά Προπληρωμή φιλοξενίας.

Ζητήστε προσφορά προπληρωμής

Τα εικονικά περιουσιακά στοιχεία μπορεί να χάσουν την αξία τους εν όλω ή εν μέρει και υπόκεινται σε ακραία μεταβλητότητα. Αυτό δεν αποτελεί επενδυτική συμβουλή.

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.