How to Price Your Rig on Mining Rig Rentals
Updated May 2026 · Live MRR prices refreshed 1 minute ago
Mining Rig Rentals (MRR) is a peer-to-peer contract market: you list a rig at a price you choose, renters book it for a fixed term, and MRR takes a 3% cut from the renter. The catch is that MRR shows four different price points per algorithm, and the difference between them is the difference between a rig that sits idle and a rig that earns. Pick the wrong one and you either undercharge or never get rented.
The four MRR prices, decoded
| Price | What it actually is |
|---|---|
| suggested | MRR's recommendation engine — usually above market. Nobody lists here. |
| asking | Sellers' listed price. Aspirational — not what renters pay. |
| lowest (floor) | Cheapest active listing. If you match it, you jump the queue. |
| last_10 (recent) | Average of the last 10 actual rentals. The real clearing price. |
The two on top (suggested, asking) tell you what sellers wish they could earn. The two on the bottom (floor, last_10) tell you what the market actually pays. If you're pricing off suggested, you're not going to rent.
Real MRR spreads right now
Top algorithms on MRR today. The spread between floor and last_10 shows how much upside rent-winners capture vs sellers just trying to clear.
| Algorithm | Floor (lowest) | Recent (last_10) |
|---|---|---|
| Equihash | 0.81289000 | 0.93008973 |
| Qubit | 0.01120930 | 0.29598382 |
| Lyra2REv2 | 0.00030000 | 0.02520563 |
The "floor-plus" listing strategy
The simplest effective approach: list at floor + ~2-5%. You are the second-cheapest listing — close enough to rent quickly when buyers scan the order book top-down, far enough above the floor that you're not running a price war to the bottom.
- Check your rig's algorithm page on MRR for today's floor.
- Set your listing at floor × 1.02 to 1.05.
- Set minimum contract to 6 hours (filters out tire-kickers).
- Accept auto-reprice if MRR offers it — keeps you at floor as the market moves.
- Review weekly. If you've been idle > 10 days, drop to floor × 1.00 for a few days.
Niche algos with thin liquidity — be patient
For any algorithm with < 20% utilization (e.g. Kadena, Etchash during quiet weeks), the floor strategy still works, but you'll sit idle most of the month waiting for a premium rent. If your expected income on NiceHash is higher than (MRR recent × utilization), just stay on NiceHash. Our NiceHash vs MRR comparison runs that math live.
Payment + security hygiene
- Enable 2FA on both MRR and your BTC withdrawal address. Compromised accounts get drained immediately.
- Use a whitelisted BTC withdrawal so even session-hijack attacks can't redirect payouts.
- Set a stratum failover (you can point one stratum at NH and another at your pool) so your rig isn't idle between MRR contracts.
- Track your actual $/day — marketplace rates shift daily; the MiningBoard Market Hashrate tab shows the rolling history in dollars.