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Today at 01:03:03 AM
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I want to gather information for a thread, what is the cheapest Bitcoin ASIC Miner and what KWH does it use.

You can also help with that of average, one that can run in an apartment.
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Today at 01:54:55 AM
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You need to narrow down your question. Miners range from ones giving ~500GHS pulling only 15W that cost just $40 to those producing far more speed, pull more power with a far higher price.

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Today at 02:19:47 AM
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I want to gather information for a thread, what is the cheapest Bitcoin ASIC Miner and what KWH does it use.

You can also help with that of average, one that can run in an apartment.

I would argue the 1tb bitaxe is good.

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Today at 02:19:55 AM
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You need to narrow down your question. Miners range from ones giving ~500GHS pulling only 15W that cost just $100 to those producing far more speed, pull more power with a far higher price.
The ones from ~ 6-10THS, pulling a minimum 50W, that cost within $100-$200
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Today at 02:33:06 AM
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I want to gather information for a thread, what is the cheapest Bitcoin ASIC Miner and what KWH does it use.

You can also help with that of average, one that can run in an apartment.

I would argue the 1tb bitaxe is good.

Too small, waste of energy.

The ones from ~ 6-10THS, pulling a minimum 50W, that cost within $100-$200, possible for that range?
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Today at 04:04:42 AM
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I want to gather information for a thread, what is the cheapest Bitcoin ASIC Miner and what KWH does it use.

You can also help with that of average, one that can run in an apartment.

I would argue the 1tb bitaxe is good.

Too small, waste of energy.

The ones from ~ 6-10THS, pulling a minimum 50W, that cost within $100-$200, possible for that range?

No 6 th pulls 50 watts

Think 12-15 watts a th.

So maybe you can find a 6th unit at  85-100 watts ? I do know of any that exist.

As for a 10th at 50 watts also does not exist.

A 10th at 140 watts maybe. But it will be 850 dollars.


https://www.futurebit.io/apollo-3.

This is a 13 watt miner.

10-18th

And cost way more than you want.


Basically your gear simply does not exist.

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Today at 05:14:28 AM
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The cheapest would be a broken antminer S5 that doesn't work and consumes 0 kWh a year.

Cheapest is a broad term, cheapest per TH? cheapest entire miner? with no specific information you will not get the correct answer you are looking for.

As for running them in the apartment, what is the restriction here? noise? power? space?

 
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Today at 08:26:05 AM
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The ones from ~ 6-10THS, pulling a minimum 50W, that cost within $100-$200, possible for that range?

Looking at data on https://www.asicminervalue.com/efficiency/sha-256, there's no ASIC that meet your criteria. 50W with 6 TH/s means 8.3TH/s, but most efficient ASIC currently only have 9.5 TH/s.

IMO the closest one to what you're looking for is Bitaxe Supra Hex 701. It has 4.2 TH/s with 75W usage. From quick search, it has price range $180-$250 (without other cost).

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Today at 11:51:41 AM
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I want to gather information for a thread, what is the cheapest Bitcoin ASIC Miner and what KWH does it use.

You can also help with that of average, one that can run in an apartment.
All information about ASICs is collected on this website.
https://www.asicminervalue.com/

The Fluminer T3 (115 Th) and Canaan Avalon Q (90 Th), considered apartment ASICs, significantly outperform industrial ASICs in terms of cost per terahash. They pay for themselves over a long period of time.
The cheapest option is to buy a used S19 ASIC for $200 and you will have 90-100 terahash. But this is not an apartment option.

 
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Today at 04:27:04 PM
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Personally I'd checkout those from GekkoScience https://www.gekkoscience.com/shop/ good prices, excellent quality.

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Last edit: Today at 04:49:41 PM by philipma1957
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Personally I'd checkout those from GekkoScience https://www.gekkoscience.com/shop/ good prices, excellent quality.


This is decent

https://www.gekkoscience.com/product/terminus-a2z-6th/

If he runs at 5th he would likely use 80watts

It is $380


This is cheaper

https://www.gekkoscience.com/product/gekkoaxe-gt-2xbm1370-solo-miner/

It can do 2.5th and is under 200

But no one makes 6th for 50 watts under 200


here is my under clocked bitaxe from geckoscience

I do about 13-15 watts and get about 0.90th
I point it at cksolo in hopes of really good luck



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Today at 05:43:28 PM
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I didn't mention, power supply is from a solar panel of 100 watt from not just a single panel. Bitaxe Supra Hex 701 with 4.2 TH/s and 75W mentioned by ABCbits is close to what i am asking.

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