Is Antminer S9 pro is still profitable for Bitcoin mining in 2021?

[Bila0]

Hi guys I am already confused because I have Antminer S9 pro. And it uses SHA-256 algorithm. And it can mine Bitcoin. But I think My expenses are much more and I cannot get profit to run this Antminer. And I will be pleased if someone knew about another cojn that can mine other crypto with more profit.
I hope someone might help me.

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[joniboini]

You should post this on the Bitcoin Mining board instead, it is more appropriate to discuss it there. You mean you want to find other coins which can be mined with an ASIC? Because there is no way to mine "other crypto with another coin with more profit" unless you're talking about staking/liquidity mining etc.

[adaseb]

Go to whattomine.com and put in your hashrate and electrical price and see what is out there. Generally all SHA256 coins generate the same income more or less. There is no such thing as a hidden/secret coin which can generate double the profit from mining BTC directly. When it has an exchange listing and a market, miners use sites like Whattomine to find out what is most profitable. Then why there is no advantage in switching back and forth between the coins.

Like the above poster said, you can mine any altcoin as long as it uses the same SHA256 algo such as Bitcoin Cash. You can't mine coins like ETH with it. The ASIC is specific to one algo and you can't change it unlike FGPA or GPUs. Hence this is the one drawback for ASICs. And why they become garage in a few years when a new generation comes out.