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Rent or buy? XBT mining vs buying

Renting BLAKE2b hash can get you XBT cheaper than an exchange, but the coins come later. This uses live difficulty and price.

Rental price ($ per TH per day) XBT price ($) Hash you rent (TH/s) Days Delivered vs paid (%) Pool fee (%) Difficulty Start mining

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How it works

Coins per TH per day = 3.125 XBT × 86,400 × 10¹² ÷ (difficulty × 2³²). Fees aren't included.
Cost per mined coin = what you pay for the rental ÷ coins you actually get after delivery shortfall and pool fee.
When you can spend them: rewards mined before block 979,919 fall in the 45-day window. Knots relay policy holds each one for 6,480 blocks (about 45 days). Rewards from block 979,919 on wait 25,920 blocks (about 180 days) under Knots 29.4.3. The rules
Break-even drop: if XBT falls more than this much by the time your coins unlock, buying today would have been cheaper.

Pool luck swings results, especially for short rentals. Rental marketplaces: TideHash and others. Estimates only. Not financial advice.