Mining Analysis - A different calculator

[nmat]

I decided to write a small tool to look at past mining investments. Besides being a regular bitcoin calculator, it can also analyse data to answer questions like: "If I had bought 3Ghash in June, how much would I have made?" Here's the link:

http://bitcoinma.appspot.com/

Maybe we can learn something from the past that will help us predict the price/difficulty movements in the future... Anyway, suggestions/improvements and overall feedback are welcome

[Eveofwar]

I like the layout, very clean.

Thanks

[jjiimm_64]

I like the layout, very clean.

Thanks

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[nmat]

Thanks I will probably add more options and statistics soon, but I am still thinking about what would be a good indicator. Those calculators that estimate the earnings considering an X% difficulty increase are far from accurate..

[Transisto]

Suggestion, something like this : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2479243/bitcoin%20ROI%20.xlsx

So I don't have to change difficulty, price, and exchange rate manually.

I pay my elec bill in CAD but You can remove anything Canadian related.

[Transisto]

as a general rule, To be safe don't plan on mining if your electricity price is higher than the world average. (unless fpga)

price and difficulty are closely related with electricity cost.

[nmat]

Suggestion, something like this : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2479243/bitcoin%20ROI%20.xlsx

So I don't have to change difficulty, price, and exchange rate manually.

I pay my elec bill in CAD but You can remove anything Canadian related.

I don't have MS Office right now, but I will check it later on Windows. I took a peek using google docs and there are a lot of things there. Are you talking about ROI (cost to generate/sell price)?

as a general rule, To be safe don't plan on mining if your electricity price is higher than the world average. (unless fpga)

price and difficulty are closely related with electricity cost.

I also agree, but I think that in the following months we will see a shift towards FPGAs. If a relatively cheap (say 1$/Mhash or so) FPGA becomes available, the network will adjust and mining with a GPU will not be profitable for most people. Of course there will be a transition period (not sure how long, though...).

[Transisto]

fpgas will stay negligible for a little while.  At least this winter.

[terrytibbs]

Would you consider open-sourcing this?

[nmat]

Would you consider open-sourcing this?

Maybe, but not right now. I still have a few issues to iron out...

[paraipan]

I like the layout, very clean.

Thanks

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