By the CloudMineCrypto team · Updated
How does this Bitcoin mining calculator work?
Enter a miner’s hashrate, power draw, electricity price and pool fee. The calculator works out that machine’s share of the live network hashrate, turns it into the BTC you’d expect to mine per day, week, month and year, and subtracts the electricity. It opens with an example 200 TH/s machine at 3,500 W and $0.08 per kWh, so a real result shows before you type anything.
It works as a hashrate calculator too: pick any unit from H/s to EH/s and set power to 0 to see only the BTC a hashrate would mine at today’s network. To switch units without any mining maths, use the hashrate converter.
How is Bitcoin mining profit calculated?
Your machine earns a share of every block in proportion to its share of the network’s hashrate. About 144 blocks are found a day, each paying the block reward (the subsidy plus transaction fees). Subtract the pool fee, value the result at the BTC price, and take away electricity:
profit/day = BTC/day × BTC price − (watts ÷ 1000 × 24 × price per kWh)
0.000000524 BTC
Hashprice today
per TH/s per day, est.
$0.0443
In US dollars
per TH/s per day
865 EH/s
Network hashrate
cached, periodic
3.145 BTC
Block reward
subsidy + avg. fees
What matters most for mining profit?
Electricity price and machine efficiency. Efficiency is measured in joules per terahash (J/TH): watts divided by TH/s. A machine at E J/TH uses E × 24 ÷ 1000 kWh per TH/s per day, so the power price at which it only just covers its electricity is:
| Efficiency | Break-even price per kWh |
|---|---|
| 15 J/TH | $0.123 |
| 20 J/TH | $0.092 |
| 30 J/TH | $0.061 |
Hashrate, pool fee and price assumptions matter too, but they move the result far less than a few cents on the power price. The complete guide to Bitcoin mining explains hashprice, difficulty and hardware in depth.
Why are the results only an estimate?
- Difficulty changes every 2,016 blocks (about two weeks). When more hashrate joins, each machine earns less bitcoin.
- The halving cuts the block subsidy in half every 210,000 blocks; the next is expected around 2028.
- The BTC price and fees move all the time, and pools pay out under different schemes.
- Not included: the machine’s price, cooling, maintenance, downtime, hosting and taxes.
About the data & accuracy
Bitcoin prices and exchange rates are fetched from third-party sources and refreshed periodically, so they can lag the live market and differ from the figure your exchange or wallet shows at the exact moment of a trade. Results are indicative estimates provided “as is” for informational purposes only, and no accuracy, completeness or timeliness is guaranteed.
This is not financial, investment, or tax advice. Always verify the current amount on your own exchange or wallet before sending funds or making any decision.
Can you try mining without buying hardware?
Yes, to learn how the numbers feel. The CloudMineCrypto app calculates estimated rewards with the same share-of-the-network formula, from a plan’s hashrate and live network data, starting with a free 8-hour plan. A plan doesn’t give you ownership of any hardware, it isn’t an investment product, and rewards are estimates that aren’t guaranteed.
Related tools: hashrate converter · Bitcoin unit converter · BTC to USD converter
Frequently asked questions
What does a Bitcoin mining profitability calculator show?
The BTC a miner would be expected to earn at today’s network hashrate and block reward, what that’s worth at the current BTC price, and what the electricity costs. The difference is the operating profit per day, week, month and year, as an estimate.
Does this BTC mining calculator work for any miner?
Yes. Enter any ASIC’s hashrate and power draw from its spec sheet. It opens with an example 200 TH/s, 3,500 W machine. Every model goes through the same formula, so the result is only as good as the numbers you enter.
Can I use it as a hashrate calculator?
Yes. Type a hashrate in any unit from H/s to EH/s and it shows the BTC you’d expect to mine with it at today’s network. Set power to 0 to see revenue only. To convert between units, use the hashrate converter.
How is Bitcoin mining profit calculated?
Expected BTC per day is your hashrate divided by the network hashrate, times 144 blocks, times the average block reward, minus the pool fee. Profit is that BTC valued at the current price, minus electricity: watts ÷ 1000 × 24 hours × your price per kWh.
What electricity price makes mining profitable?
It depends on your machine’s efficiency and today’s hashprice. The calculator shows a break-even power price for your inputs: below it the machine covers its electricity, above it it runs at a loss (before hardware and other costs).
Why do real results differ from the calculator?
Network difficulty usually rises over time, the BTC price moves, the block subsidy halves about every four years, and luck, downtime, pool payout schemes and cooling all change the result. Treat the output as an estimate for today’s conditions.
Does the calculator include hardware cost?
No. It estimates operating profit only: mining revenue minus electricity and pool fee. The machine’s price, cooling, downtime and future difficulty rises all come on top, and future months usually mine less. Treat it as one input, not a buying decision.
What does the hypothetical BTC price do?
It values the mined BTC at a multiple of today’s price, from 0.5× to 2×, to show how sensitive profit is to the price. It defaults to 1.0×, today’s price. It’s a what-if, not a forecast.
Can I mine Bitcoin profitably at home?
Often not at typical residential electricity prices, and a modern ASIC is loud, hot and draws several kilowatts. Run your own numbers here first; cheap power and an efficient machine matter most.
Sources and further reading
- Mining guide: solo and pool mining · Bitcoin developer documentation
- Difficulty · Bitcoin Wiki
- Controlled supply: halving schedule · Bitcoin Wiki
- Mining hardware comparison · Bitcoin Wiki
- Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index · Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
- Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System · Satoshi Nakamoto, 2008
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