yeah, but if u have 0.04 cents like they have in canada, its still profitable, and u can save ltc and sell them when it hits some 150 etc..
And even more so in the 2 counties of the US where you can get to 3 cent power.
NOTE: > misread and used 3c kWh for electric from your Canada post..but did not see this till below was done..thus going with it FYI.
this is from the Litecoin Pool Calculator a free pool that pays out at 101% FYI
https://www.litecoinpool.org/calcright now a 500mh 800 watt Bitmain L3+ miner is a NEG -$0.74 loss...with current difficulty drop (was a NEG -$0.86 loss)
also, remember if they say 3c kWh with fees in a data hall etc ..it will always be 1 or 2c more..or 4-5c ..but let's use your number of 3c kWh
at current $75 LTC even you would make $1.37 a day. x 30 days is $41.19 per miner...but being a data hall they may ask for 6 months pre-pay
let's say you get a month to month...setup lets say is $50 and prepay a month say of electric of say $20 ..so you double your money
24 hours 0.02598539 LTC 1.95 USD 0.58 USD 1.37 USD
7 days 0.18189773 LTC 13.64 USD 4.03 USD 9.61 USD
30 days 0.77956172 LTC 58.47 USD 17.28 USD 41.19 USD
Now in my case, it would be 8000mh and 12,800 watts at 3c kWh...it would be likely 800 bucks min to set up and pay about
at your 3c rate, I should do this immediately
24 hours 0.41576625 LTC 31.18 USD 9.22 USD 21.97 USD
7 days 2.91036375 LTC 218.28 USD 64.51 USD 153.77 USD
30 days 12.47298750 LTC 935.47 USD 276.48 USD 658.99 U
alas, the best data hall rates I've seen a month to month is 8.5c kWh
so the reality with fees/elec/hosting/etc in Canada or elsewhere I see the following below..sure 6.5c kWh elec exist or lower..but those data
halls are filled...if they become unfilled it will be due to the fact 6.5c a kWh won't cut it anymore..which defeats our purposes here on these calcs
again an L3+ does below at 8.5c kWh with all fees/etc/hosting...but IF you found such...6 month usually is what they want..again may have changed
be sure to contact me if so...especially the 0.03c kWh...but what I'm going with..again assume you can get month to month and not even these are filled
at the 8.5c kWh electric rate
24 hours 0.02598539 LTC 1.95 USD 1.63 USD 0.32 USD
7 days 0.18189773 LTC 13.64 USD 11.42 USD 2.22 USD
30 days 0.77956172 LTC 58.47 USD 48.96 USD 9.51 USD
with my 8000mh at 12,800 watts, I'd make $152.11 for a $935.47 pre-pay of a month to month if I could find an empty data hall at that rate
for a $152.11 profit (maybe..depending on the month)
24 hours 0.41576625 LTC 31.18 USD 26.11 USD 5.07 USD
7 days 2.91036375 LTC 218.28 USD 182.78 USD 35.49 USD
30 days 12.47298750 LTC 935.47 USD 783.36 USD 152.11 USD
thus NOT really worth it, because again
1) everyone has the same miners, 90% of all scrypt-pow miners still running are Bitmain L3+'s thus diff goes down on the LTC 3 day cycle you see a 20%
rise say and then the next cycle a 20% down...for MOST folk above this 8.5c kWh at the 12c kWh national average for the summer...you go up and down
on the whims of the 90% with NO piece of equipment having an advantage over the other ...all underwater (at least above say 8.5c kWh /hosting and fees)
2) Bitmain is likely coming out with the supposed 3x the hash at close to the same watts miner in July/August..thus all L3+'s will be doorstops in a couple months
3) you can't find a data hall at even a 10c kWh with fees price IMHO that is NOT full.....or so it seems to me
so, by all means, any with 3c kWh electric with fees and hosting and such...on a month to month prepay format CALL ME NOW ...i will be your minion!
at a say 6c kWh electric call me also....but you would be my 2nd prom choice
8.5c kWh...don't bother to pm me...
and at my 14c kWh I'm currently shutting off my 8,000mh at 12,800 watts....lose my phone number and other info ASAP
again, hope I'm wrong and SOMEONE WANTS ME..but I expect I'm too fat (8000mh) and eat too much (12,800 watts) and expect only a month to month
rental...and put out a LOT of heat for a data hall this summer...just don't see it likely for scrypt-pow coins and or LTC
again, if I am wrong..PM ME!
(there will be flowers and candy and courtship)...
but alas, I suspect my scrypt-pow miners (L3's and L3+'s 18 of them ...and equiv to 16 L3+'s at 8,000mh and 12,800 watts) are not 'attractive anymore'
unless I want to jump in for a 6-month lease (or in my case at about say 5K pre-pay) AND EXPECTING new Bitmain units
oops...not gonna happen
hope again such 3c kWh month to month exists someplace (that is not a scam..how to prove..hmmm?
?)
but while I like Unicorns...they don't exist..thus feel the same about my odds here...they are the same as me being Natalie Portman's Love Puppet
....I can hope for Both..but I'm not holding my breath
brad