Estimate daily and monthly profit for proof-of-work mining based on your hash rate, network hash rate, block reward, electricity cost, and pool fee — plus hardware break-even and break-even electricity price.
Enter your mining setup and calculate to see profitability
Proof-of-work mining profitability comes down to a race between what you earn and what you spend to earn it. This mining profitability calculator models that race directly: it takes your hash rate, the total network hash rate, the coin's block reward and block time, the price of the coin, your pool's fee, and your electricity cost, and turns them into a daily and monthly profit estimate. Whether you're running a single ASIC at home or modeling a small mining fleet, the goal is the same — know your numbers before you spend money on hardware or power.
Your expected share of total network rewards is simply your hash rate divided by the network hash rate (after converting both to the same unit). Multiplying that share by the blocks found per day and the block reward gives your gross coin reward, and subtracting the pool fee gives your net coin reward. Multiply net coin reward by the coin price to get revenue, then subtract electricity cost — power draw in kilowatts times 24 hours times your electricity rate — to arrive at daily profit. If you provide a hardware cost, the calculator also estimates how many days of that profit it takes to pay back the equipment, and it back-solves for the electricity price at which your profit would hit exactly zero.
Mining margins are thin and move fast. Electricity is usually the single largest controllable cost, so knowing your break-even electricity price tells you immediately whether a given power contract or region makes sense. Meanwhile network hash rate (difficulty) and coin price are the two variables entirely outside your control — both can erase a profitable setup within days. Running the numbers before buying hardware, and re-running them periodically afterward, helps you catch a shift from profit to loss before it costs you real money.
Electricity is typically the largest ongoing cost in mining. A few cents per kWh difference can swing a rig from profitable to underwater. Break-even electricity price tells you the exact rate ceiling for your setup.
As more hash rate joins a network, your share of block rewards shrinks even if your own hardware never changes. Long-term ROI projections should assume difficulty growth, not a static snapshot.
Mining pools smooth out reward variance for a fee (commonly 1–3%). Solo mining skips the fee but introduces high variance — you might find zero blocks for a long stretch, or hit one early.
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