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.

En directBTC$75,703Hashprice$0.032/TH/jourDifficulté148.4 THalvingdans 522 joursPlaces d'hébergement libres àF49,F48,F39+7 autresà 20:10 GST

Sell or keep calculator

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

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

+6 327 $US

ahead of selling them for power, valued at today's price of 75 703 $US.

Selling wins only below: 41 538 $US
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

oct. 2026 · +6 675 $US

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 $US to pay the power, and added 568 $US 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 $US for power in cash.

What keeping is worth at real prices

Close of oct. 2026
77 582 $US
+6 675 $US
keeping ahead
Today
75 703 $US
+6 327 $US
keeping ahead
12-month high
105 951 $US
+11 929 $US
keeping ahead
All-time high
126 080 $US
+15 656 $US
keeping ahead

Keeping was behind at the close of 12 of 58 months, for example janv. 2022, avr. 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 oct. 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.

Payer d'avance

Minez pour le bitcoin, pas pour la facture d'électricité.

La plupart des mineurs vendent chaque mois une partie de leurs bitcoins pour payer l'électricité, souvent quand le prix est bas. Payez l'électricité d'avance pour 12 ou 24 mois et chaque bitcoin miné par vos machines reste à vous, jusqu'à ce que vous décidiez de vendre.

01
Prépayez 12 ou 24 mois d'électricité
Un seul paiement depuis l'espace client. Votre tarif est fixe pour la durée et chaque mois reste facturé sur les kWh consommés.
02
Gardez chaque bitcoin miné
Les paiements du pool arrivent dans votre portefeuille et rien ne doit être vendu pour la facture. Votre réserve grandit chaque mois.
03
Vendez quand vous le décidez
Pas le jour où la facture tombe. Vous fixez le prix et le moment, ou vous continuez à garder.

Comment fonctionne le prépaiement

Le plan est l'essentiel, la remise est un bonus : 5 % pour 12 mois, 8 % pour 24 mois.

Votre tarif reste fixe pendant toute la durée.
Chaque mois reste facturé sur les kWh réellement consommés par vos machines, payés depuis le solde prépayé. Une machine éteinte ou en réparation ne consomme rien.
Le crédit non utilisé est remboursé à votre départ.
Paiement depuis l'espace client : Facturation, puis Prépayer l'hébergement.

Demander un devis de prépaiement

Les actifs virtuels peuvent perdre tout ou partie de leur valeur et sont soumis à une volatilité extrême. Ceci n'est pas un conseil en investissement.

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.