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June 20, 2017, 03:32:12 AM |
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sorry for the newb question.correct me if im wrong but i believe early this year frpm jan to feb 2017 All altcoins was in net loss until only recently its became very profitable. Any veteran miners care to share prior to 2017 what was profitability like? How do u deal with downturn? 1)Mine undervalued coins at loss 2)shutdown and wait 3) sell your rigs?
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June 20, 2017, 04:15:39 AM |
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sorry for the newb question.correct me if im wrong but i believe early this year frpm jan to feb 2017 All altcoins was in net loss until only recently its became very profitable. Any veteran miners care to share prior to 2017 what was profitability like? How do u deal with downturn? 1)Mine undervalued coins at loss 2)shutdown and wait 3) sell your rigs?
It was still profitable but no where near as much as it is now But even in downtime it's still worth mining as the coin you mine can shoot back up at any point in time
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As I see a super coin as the super highway and alt coins as taxis and trucks needed to move transactions. ~philipma1957
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adaseb
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June 20, 2017, 04:25:35 AM |
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Mining is rarely as profitable as it is today. Last time it was this profitable was in Fall of 2013, and only last about 5 months.
In the Fall of 2014, I think I had GPUs that made $0.25/day per GPU.
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poby
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June 20, 2017, 05:30:41 AM |
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Profitability will plummet to cents per day by the end of this year. Most probably in the next 3 months but definitely don't expect to make much in 2018
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June 20, 2017, 05:41:02 AM |
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Was there a time gpu mining was not profitable?
2008
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adaseb
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June 20, 2017, 05:48:28 AM |
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Was there a time gpu mining was not profitable?
2008 Bitcoin was invented in 2009.
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KougarLOB
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June 20, 2017, 05:55:06 AM |
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Was there a time gpu mining was not profitable?
2008 Bitcoin was invented in 2009. Exactly.
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harihebat
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June 20, 2017, 06:16:29 AM |
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Was there a time gpu mining was not profitable?
2008 Bitcoin was invented in 2009. Exactly. good one
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June 20, 2017, 06:28:05 AM |
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Profitability will plummet to cents per day by the end of this year. Most probably in the next 3 months but definitely don't expect to make much in 2018
said everyone every week.
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June 20, 2017, 07:23:34 AM |
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Profitability will plummet to cents per day by the end of this year. Most probably in the next 3 months but definitely don't expect to make much in 2018
said everyone every week. Like it did after litecoin, and end of last year for eth mining. History repeats itself.
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QuintLeo
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June 20, 2017, 08:50:37 AM |
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mid-to-late 2014, after Litecoin went ASIC and existing GPU rigs overloaded X11, profitability got quite low - and UNprofitable unless you had VERY CHEAP electric. ETH showed up, got GPU mineable, and GPU mining got much more profitable again.
More or less.
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spyshagg
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June 20, 2017, 10:06:16 AM |
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When the daily profits turn to daily losses, the tactic is to mine the lowest difficulty coin which holds the most market growth potential.
The miners who jumped at the very unknown ETH one year ago with 5 GPU's, barely made any profits back then. But, if they holded all the coins they mined up until today, in retrospective their monthly profits were 6500$ per month for the last 10 months. If they mined eth since 2015, well, they are close to being millionaires by now (or jumping off bridges if they sold at 10$).
Its luck and pure chance. But the risk is low and the potential is huge.
This only applies if you already have the rigs paid many times over. If you have to buy them now, its better to spend the money on the coins directly.
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Vaccinus
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June 20, 2017, 10:08:02 AM |
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late 2014 was not very profitable, up to early 2015, when bitcoin tanked so much and everyone was scared to ivnest in bitcoin and crypto, crypto was declared dead and you were only able to mine$50 a day with a gpu, was a very bad moment for mining
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poby
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June 20, 2017, 10:09:58 AM |
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December, 2017
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June 20, 2017, 11:43:31 AM |
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December, 2017
yup but at least in winter it was free heating :-D
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June 20, 2017, 03:50:04 PM |
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The December 2017 reference is to the "current" planned timeframe for ETH to *start* transitioning to PoS from PoW.
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I'm no longer legendary just in my own mind! Like something I said? Donations gratefully accepted. LYLnTKvLefz9izJFUvEGQEZzSkz34b3N6U (Litecoin) 1GYbjMTPdCuV7dci3iCUiaRrcNuaiQrVYY (Bitcoin)
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June 20, 2017, 03:58:16 PM |
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YES, if you're talking daily NET profitability after electricity and hardware cost. HOWEVER, I'm quite jealous of those rare few who may have been mining Ethereum and other big players today from 2014 to 2017 at a net loss AT THE TIME. If you'd mined ETH during that time, AND held the proceeds, it would have ultimately been incredibly profitable.
That said, without some sort of major market recession in the near future, we're much more likely to see a loss in profitability due to rising difficulty rather than token valuation, which will be an entirely different set of circumstances and may lead to an ongoing low level profitability but, in the end, no more golden age for mining.
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June 20, 2017, 04:59:40 PM |
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YES, if you're talking daily NET profitability after electricity and hardware cost. HOWEVER, I'm quite jealous of those rare few who may have been mining Ethereum and other big players today from 2014 to 2017 at a net loss AT THE TIME. If you'd mined ETH during that time, AND held the proceeds, it would have ultimately been incredibly profitable.
That said, without some sort of major market recession in the near future, we're much more likely to see a loss in profitability due to rising difficulty rather than token valuation, which will be an entirely different set of circumstances and may lead to an ongoing low level profitability but, in the end, no more golden age for mining.
I have been mining for some time and what i can tell you about mining is it's unpredictable at all , even if difficulty continue to drop down bombs on us , when it comes to profitability most newer miners will sell thier machines
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June 20, 2017, 05:55:25 PM |
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YES, if you're talking daily NET profitability after electricity and hardware cost. HOWEVER, I'm quite jealous of those rare few who may have been mining Ethereum and other big players today from 2014 to 2017 at a net loss AT THE TIME. If you'd mined ETH during that time, AND held the proceeds, it would have ultimately been incredibly profitable.
That said, without some sort of major market recession in the near future, we're much more likely to see a loss in profitability due to rising difficulty rather than token valuation, which will be an entirely different set of circumstances and may lead to an ongoing low level profitability but, in the end, no more golden age for mining.
I have been mining for some time and what i can tell you about mining is it's unpredictable at all , even if difficulty continue to drop down bombs on us , when it comes to profitability most newer miners will sell thier machines It was not profitable later last year.
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RentGPU
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June 20, 2017, 06:02:05 PM |
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YES, if you're talking daily NET profitability after electricity and hardware cost. HOWEVER, I'm quite jealous of those rare few who may have been mining Ethereum and other big players today from 2014 to 2017 at a net loss AT THE TIME. If you'd mined ETH during that time, AND held the proceeds, it would have ultimately been incredibly profitable.
That said, without some sort of major market recession in the near future, we're much more likely to see a loss in profitability due to rising difficulty rather than token valuation, which will be an entirely different set of circumstances and may lead to an ongoing low level profitability but, in the end, no more golden age for mining.
I have been mining for some time and what i can tell you about mining is it's unpredictable at all , even if difficulty continue to drop down bombs on us , when it comes to profitability most newer miners will sell thier machines It was not profitable later last year. If you have cheap electricity then it was a bit profitable , if you don't then you shouldn't consider mining last year or now because it's going to drop again
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