I finally bit the bullet and plugged some numbers into the
asicprofit calculator to see what's actually looking decent for profitability these days. I messed around with my power costs (around $0.05-$0.06/kwh), picked a few popular rigs, factored in current difficulty, etc, and here's what popped out:
The
Antminer S23 Hyd 3U is still crushing it, solid daily numbers if your electricity isn't insane.
The
Z15 Pro holds up okay too but it's definitely trailing the
S23 hyd 3u in the current setup.
And kinda surprisingly, the
Iceriver AE3 (the Aleo one) showed some nice potential. If that network keeps picking up steam, it could be a sleeper hit.
The projections look pretty grounded on the site but I've been burned before by calculators that promise the moon and then reality hits with difficulty ramps and price dips. So real talk from people actually running these:
- How close are your real-world profits to what asicprofit (or similar cals) spit out?
- Do they usually overestimate a bit once difficulty starts climbing and btc/aleo prices swing around?
- Out of these three (S23 hyd 3u, z15 pro, ae3) which one's actually delivering the best returns for you in practice right now?
Would love to hear from people with boots-on-the-ground experience/. No hype, just the honest numbers.
Thanks in advance!
