LP Agent
Nvidia RTX 3060
Nvidia RTX 3060 makes $0.30 a day mining Octopus at 38.37 Mh/s and pulling 169.0 W from the wall. That's after subtracting power at $0.1/kWh — profitable at today's rates.
Daily projection
| Period | /Day | /Month |
|---|---|---|
| Income | $1.40 | $42.03 |
|
Cost
$0.1/kWh
|
$0.41 | $12.30 |
| Profit | $1.00 | $29.86 |
| Coin | Algorithm | Income | Cost | Profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CFX
⚠
Conflux
|
Octopus
38.37Mh · 169.0W
|
$0.47 | $0.41 | $0.06 |
|
RVN
Ravencoin
|
KAWPOW
23.42Mh · 144.0W
|
$0.10 | $0.35 | $-0.25 |
|
BEAM
⚠
Beam
|
BeamHashIII
22Hh · 108.0W
|
$0.08 | $0.26 | $-0.18 |
|
—
|
Ethash
49.64Mh · 110.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
FTC
⚠
Feathercoin
|
NeoScrypt
1.06532Mh · 129.0W
|
— | $0.31 | — |
NEXA
⚠
Nexa
|
NexaPoW
31.4237Mh · 99.0W
|
$0.05 | $0.24 | $-0.19 |
|
—
|
Keccak
772.0693Mh · 129.0W
|
— | $0.31 | — |
ERG
⚠
Ergo
|
Autolykos2
108.2Mh · 109.0W
|
$0.04 | $0.26 | $-0.22 |
|
LTZ
⚠
Litecoinz
|
Zhash
51Hh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
ETC
Ethereum Classic
|
Etchash
49.64Mh · 110.0W
|
$0.03 | $0.26 | $-0.23 |
|
XMR
Monero
|
RandomX
706Hh · 106.0W
|
$0.02 | $0.25 | $-0.23 |
|
AE
⚠
Aeternity
|
CuckooCycle
5Hh · 64.0W
|
$0.01 | $0.15 | $-0.14 |
|
VRSC
⚠
Verus
|
VerusHash
5.962901Mh · 170.0W
|
— | $0.41 | — |
|
ZEC
Zcash
|
Equihash
61Hh · 115.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
MONA
⚠
Monacoin
|
Lyra2REv2
52.594755Mh · 136.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
|
—
|
X16R
11.91851Mh · 120.0W
|
— | $0.29 | — |
|
—
|
Blake3
900.126543Mh · 110.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
GRIN
⚠
Grin
|
Cuckatoo32
0Hh · 116.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
ACM
⚠
Actinium
|
Lyra2z
3.37684Mh · 87.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
IRON
⚠
Iron Fish
|
FishHash
20.5Mh · 140.0W
|
— | $0.34 | — |
|
—
|
X16Rv2
8.175524Mh · 130.0W
|
— | $0.31 | — |
|
—
|
Cuckatoo31
0Hh · 138.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
KAS
Kaspa
|
KHeavyHash
362.284508Mh · 154.0W
|
— | $0.37 | — |
|
—
|
Blake (2s)
4.44506099Gh · 106.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
EquihashSAFE
55Hh · 137.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
|
—
|
Cuckarood29
1Hh · 100.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
HMQ1725
5.972917Mh · 66.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
|
—
|
Keccak-C
772.98593Mh · 102.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
Curvehash
7.650161Mh · 143.0W
|
— | $0.34 | — |
|
—
|
Pufferfish2
884Mh · 102.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
Memehash
31.782494Mh · 122.0W
|
— | $0.29 | — |
|
—
|
X16S
9.841673Mh · 148.0W
|
— | $0.36 | — |
|
—
|
X17
9.753134Mh · 148.0W
|
— | $0.36 | — |
|
—
|
X25X
5.617711Mh · 169.0W
|
— | $0.41 | — |
|
VTC
⚠
Vertcoin
|
Lyra2REv3
50.528385Mh · 127.0W
|
— | $0.30 | — |
|
—
|
vProgPow
9.190074Mh · 112.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
|
—
|
CNReverseWaltz
1.7Kh · 110.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
X33
11.7491Mh · 168.0W
|
— | $0.40 | — |
|
—
|
X22i
262.017Kh · 44.0W
|
— | $0.11 | — |
|
—
|
Blake2B
1.759559448Gh · 135.0W
|
— | $0.32 | — |
|
—
|
Xevan
3.617062Mh · 83.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
EPIC
⚠
Epic Cash
|
ProgPow
20.614207Mh · 169.0W
|
— | $0.41 | — |
|
—
|
Argon2d250
842.738Kh · 151.0W
|
— | $0.36 | — |
|
—
|
X15
9.27642Mh · 118.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
Tribus
67.298452Mh · 136.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
|
—
|
EvrProgPow
20.055636Mh · 169.0W
|
— | $0.41 | — |
|
—
|
Darkcoin
1.877Gh · 135.0W
|
— | $0.32 | — |
|
—
|
CryptoNightGPU
2.3Hh · 120.0W
|
— | $0.29 | — |
|
—
|
MTP
22.0Mh · 140.0W
|
— | $0.34 | — |
|
—
|
XelisHashV2
20.0Mh · 140.0W
|
— | $0.34 | — |
|
—
|
zkSNARK
370.0Mh · 80.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
—
|
C11
14.480847Mh · 110.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
TimeTravel10
25.9465Mh · 109.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
X16RT
9.86558Mh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
Padihash
2.096374Mh · 65.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
|
—
|
Pawelhash
7.368311Mh · 102.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
PHI2
5.82403Mh · 84.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
NIST5
32.253368Mh · 64.0W
|
— | $0.15 | — |
|
—
|
HeavyHash
258.968713Mh · 150.0W
|
— | $0.36 | — |
|
—
|
0x10
13.214818Mh · 107.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
FIRO
Firo
|
FiroPoW
20.225481Mh · 169.0W
|
— | $0.41 | — |
|
—
|
SonoA
1.562468Mh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
Hex
9.421017Mh · 79.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
|
—
|
Jeonghash
8.315668Mh · 109.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
HoneyComb
262.062Kh · 45.0W
|
— | $0.11 | — |
|
—
|
Mike
1.2724Gh · 98.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
Astralhash
15.747289Mh · 124.0W
|
— | $0.30 | — |
|
—
|
Radiant
332.18Mh · 93.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
|
—
|
Dedal
9.949954Mh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
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X17R
9.787597Mh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
|
—
|
BCD
11.062992Mh · 67.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
|
—
|
ProgPowZ
19.688608Mh · 139.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
|
—
|
Skein2
484.288448Mh · 117.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
Argon2d4096
40.026Kh · 96.0W
|
— | $0.23 | — |
|
—
|
PHI1612
21.453899Mh · 96.0W
|
— | $0.23 | — |
|
—
|
SHA-256csm
1.05069203Gh · 76.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
—
|
Cuckaroo29b
3Hh · 100.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
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Globalhash
39.687154Mh · 76.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
|
—
|
Lyra2vc0ban
48.911466Mh · 112.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
|
—
|
Blake (2b-BTCC)
1.680886583Gh · 99.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
ProgPowVeil
20.697225Mh · 118.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
ProgPowSERO
20.081737Mh · 169.0W
|
— | $0.41 | — |
|
—
|
X21S
7.21785Mh · 103.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
|
Chukwa
86.968Kh · 110.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
Ubqhash
26.60874Mh · 104.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
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X18
1.047907Mh · 51.0W
|
— | $0.12 | — |
|
—
|
Blake256R14-dcr
2.25145001Gh · 109.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
|
Skunkhash
29.486255Mh · 88.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
|
CuckooBFC
6Hh · 101.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash(125,4)
30Hh · 116.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
Cuckaroo29S
3Hh · 113.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
|
—
|
Equihash+Scrypt
28.297Kh · 118.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
|
—
|
Skydoge
7.498503Th · 60.0W
|
— | $0.14 | — |
|
—
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RandomKEVA
736Hh · 49.0W
|
— | $0.12 | — |
|
—
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Cortex
0Hh · 139.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
|
—
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SHA256DT
1.429195473Gh · 113.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
|
—
|
Chukwa2
31.797Kh · 158.0W
|
— | $0.38 | — |
|
—
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Equihash(96,5)
2.027Kh · 95.0W
|
— | $0.23 | — |
|
—
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BMW512
1.183579588Gh · 99.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
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X11k
2.068109Mh · 111.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
|
—
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X16RTVEIL
9.683196Mh · 107.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
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Cuckaroom29
3Hh · 103.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
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GhostRider
508Hh · 43.0W
|
— | $0.10 | — |
|
—
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Equihash(150,5)
23Hh · 165.0W
|
— | $0.40 | — |
|
—
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RandomSFX
736Hh · 48.0W
|
— | $0.12 | — |
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—
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EquihashBTCZ
54Hh · 137.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
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—
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Equihash(192,7)
29Hh · 137.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
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—
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Equihash(210,9)
214Hh · 109.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
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—
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BeamHashII
23Hh · 148.0W
|
— | $0.36 | — |
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—
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Equihash(144,5)
50Hh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
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—
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EquihashBTG
54Hh · 138.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
| Pool | Algos supported | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
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CuckooCycle (AE) · BeamHashIII (BEAM) · Autolykos2 (ERG) | 1.0% | Visit → |
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BeamHashIII (BEAM) · Autolykos2 (ERG) · Etchash (ETC) | 0.9% | Visit → |
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Autolykos2 (ERG) · Etchash (ETC) · KHeavyHash (KAS) | 1.0% | Visit → |
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FiroPoW (FIRO) · NexaPoW (NEXA) · RandomX (XMR) | 1.0% | Visit → |
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RandomX (XMR) | 0.6% | Visit → |
LP Agent
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Boost Clock
- 1852 MHz
- CUDA cores
- 3584
- GPU Power
- 170 W
- Max Memory Bandwidth
- 336 GB/s
- Max Memory Size
- 12 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR6
- Mining algos
- 30
- Model
- Nvidia RTX 3060
- Power
- 170 W
- Process
- 8 nm
- Release
- February 2021
- Release year
- 2021
- TDP
- 170 W
- Type
- GPU
- Vendor
- Nvidia
How Nvidia RTX 3060 earns renting on the AI GPU marketplace
Nvidia RTX 3060 earns $0.30/day renting to AI workloads — meaningfully more than the $0.06/day it would make mining Octopus. Mining and rental are mutually exclusive use modes, so the AI marketplace is the obvious play here.
| Market | Algorithm | Profit /day | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
|
Lyra2REv2
0.00000030000 BTC/M/d
|
$0.78
★
$1.19 income · $0.41 cost
Visit →
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
|
Lyra2REv2
0.00002520563 BTC/M/d
|
$99.59
★
$100.00 income · $0.41 cost
Visit →
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|
MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
|
Lyra2REv2
0.00000054154 BTC/M/d
|
$1.74
$2.15 income · $0.41 cost
|
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| Lyra2z | |||||
|
MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
|
Lyra2z
0.00000550000 BTC/M/d
|
$0.99
★
$1.40 income · $0.41 cost
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|
MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
|
Lyra2z
0.00000600172 BTC/M/d
|
$1.12
★
$1.53 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
|
Lyra2z
0.00000754436 BTC/M/d
|
$1.51
$1.92 income · $0.41 cost
|
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| Octopus | |||||
|
NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
|
Octopus
0.00000003100 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.32
$0.09 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
|
Octopus
0.00000011000 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.09
★
$0.32 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
|
Octopus
0.00000064110 BTC/M/d
|
$1.45
★
$1.86 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
|
Octopus
0.00000013850 BTC/M/d
|
—
$0.40 income · $0.41 cost
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| NexaPoW | |||||
|
NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
|
NexaPoW
0.00000002188 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.36
$0.05 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
|
NexaPoW
0.00000006829 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.25
★
$0.16 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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NexaPoW
0.00000032850 BTC/M/d
|
$0.37
★
$0.78 income · $0.41 cost
Visit →
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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NexaPoW
0.00000011682 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.13
$0.28 income · $0.41 cost
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| X16R | |||||
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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X16R
0.00000057240 BTC/M/d
|
$0.10
★
$0.51 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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X16R
0.00000061118 BTC/M/d
|
$0.14
★
$0.55 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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X16R
0.00000057240 BTC/M/d
|
$0.10
$0.51 income · $0.41 cost
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| X16Rv2 | |||||
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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X16Rv2
0.00000070761 BTC/M/d
|
$0.03
★
$0.44 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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X16Rv2
0.00000063655 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.02
★
$0.39 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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X16Rv2
0.00000083498 BTC/M/d
|
$0.10
$0.51 income · $0.41 cost
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| FishHash | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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FishHash
0.00000003164 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.36
$0.05 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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FishHash
0.00000012000 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.22
★
$0.19 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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FishHash
0.00000015078 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.18
★
$0.23 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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FishHash
0.00000023958 BTC/M/d
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$-0.04
$0.37 income · $0.41 cost
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| KAWPOW | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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KAWPOW
0.00000005654 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.31
$0.10 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
5% rented · matches cheapest seller
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KAWPOW
0.00000010622 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.22
★
$0.19 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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KAWPOW
0.00000018826 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.08
★
$0.33 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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KAWPOW
0.00000012422 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.19
$0.22 income · $0.41 cost
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| Zhash | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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Zhash
0.00000000679 BTC/H/d
|
$-0.38
$0.03 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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Zhash
0.00000007080 BTC/H/d
|
$-0.14
★
$0.27 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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Zhash
0.00000008185 BTC/H/d
|
$-0.10
★
$0.31 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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Zhash
0.00000007080 BTC/H/d
|
$-0.14
$0.27 income · $0.41 cost
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| NeoScrypt | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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NeoScrypt
0.00000061701 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.36
$0.05 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
5% rented · matches cheapest seller
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NeoScrypt
0.00000320000 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.15
★
$0.26 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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NeoScrypt
0.00000314000 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.16
★
$0.25 income · $0.41 cost
Visit →
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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NeoScrypt
0.00000359000 BTC/M/d
|
$-0.12
$0.29 income · $0.41 cost
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| VerusHash | |||||
|
NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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VerusHash
0.00000002592 BTC/M/d
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$-0.40
$0.01 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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VerusHash
0.00000010999 BTC/M/d
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$-0.36
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$0.05 income · $0.41 cost
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last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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VerusHash
0.00000023020 BTC/M/d
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$-0.31
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$0.10 income · $0.41 cost
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VerusHash
0.00000015510 BTC/M/d
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$-0.34
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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Ethash
0.00000002000 BTC/M/d
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$-0.34
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$0.07 income · $0.41 cost
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NiceHash
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BeamHashIII
0.00000004267 BTC/H/d
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$-0.34
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$0.07 income · $0.41 cost
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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Etchash
0.00000000505 BTC/M/d
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$-0.39
$0.02 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
5% rented · matches cheapest seller
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Etchash
0.00000001223 BTC/M/d
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$-0.36
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$0.05 income · $0.41 cost
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Etchash
0.00000001578 BTC/M/d
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$-0.35
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$0.06 income · $0.41 cost
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Etchash
0.00000001222 BTC/M/d
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$-0.36
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NiceHash
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Autolykos2
0.00000000544 BTC/M/d
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$-0.37
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$0.04 income · $0.41 cost
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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RandomX
0.00000038220 BTC/K/d
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$-0.39
$0.02 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
24% rented · matches cheapest seller
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RandomX
0.00000038869 BTC/K/d
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$-0.39
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$0.02 income · $0.41 cost
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RandomX
0.00000059923 BTC/K/d
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$-0.38
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RandomX
0.00000053630 BTC/K/d
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NiceHash
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Equihash
0.00000000048 BTC/H/d
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$-0.41
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25% rented · matches cheapest seller
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Equihash
0.00000000054 BTC/H/d
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Equihash
0.00000000072 BTC/H/d
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Equihash
0.00000000073 BTC/H/d
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0.00000263777 BTC/T/d
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MRR floor
9% rented · matches cheapest seller
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KHeavyHash
0.00000280000 BTC/T/d
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$-0.41
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KHeavyHash
0.00000387000 BTC/T/d
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0.00000528000 BTC/T/d
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NiceHash
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0.00000000176 BTC/G/d
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| Rigs × Qty | Share | Rev /rig/day | Cost /rig/day | Profit /rig/day | Total profit /day |
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ROI calculator for Nvidia RTX 3060
Model payback, electricity, and first-year return for this rig.
The line crosses $0 on the day you break even. Everything above is pure profit.
| Month | Earned (mo) | Cost burned (mo) | Cumulative earned | Cumulative cost | Net | % ROI |
|---|
Yearly emissions by energy source
Based on the rig's annual power draw and the carbon intensity of common grid mixes.
| Energy source | CO₂e / yr |
|---|---|
| Wind | 16.06 kg |
| Nuclear | 17.52 kg |
| Hydroelectric | 35.04 kg |
| Geothermal | 55.49 kg |
| Solar | 65.71 kg |
| Biofuels | 335.84 kg |
| Gas | 715.48 kg |
| Coal | 1,197.33 kg |
Estimates only — actual emissions vary by hardware, cooling, and grid mix.
What does that actually mean?
At the world-average grid intensity of about 475 g CO₂e/kWh, Nvidia RTX 3060 running 24/7 for a year releases about 694 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent. Here's what that looks like in everyday terms:
Where you plug in matters
Electricity is not one thing. A kilowatt-hour from a coal plant carries roughly 820 g of CO₂; the same kilowatt-hour from a hydro reservoir carries about 24 g. That's a 34× difference — large enough that Nvidia RTX 3060's annual footprint swings from roughly 1,197 kg on coal-heavy grids down to about 35 kg on hydro-dominated grids. The single biggest lever a miner has on their carbon footprint is choosing where to plug in.
Regions commonly used for low-carbon crypto mining include Quebec and British Columbia (hydro-dominated, typically <50 g CO₂/kWh), Iceland and Norway (geothermal + hydro, often <30 g), Paraguay (Itaipú hydro), and parts of the US Pacific Northwest. Coal-heavy grids — Kazakhstan, Inner Mongolia, Poland, parts of Australia — sit at the opposite end, often above 700 g CO₂/kWh.
Some operators also reduce their net impact by using otherwise-wasted energy: flare gas at oil wells (burning methane that would be vented anyway), curtailed renewables (wind or solar that the grid can't absorb), or behind-the-meter hydro during off-peak hours. These arrangements can drop effective emissions below the local grid average because the energy would have been wasted or flared without the mining load.
How to reduce this rig's footprint
- Pick a greener ASIC. The efficiency column above matters as much as the grid: a 15 J/TH rig emits roughly half the CO₂ of a 30 J/TH rig for the same hashrate.
- Choose a low-carbon host. Data centres advertising hydro, geothermal, or nuclear power typically sit at <100 g CO₂/kWh.
- Look for stranded or curtailed energy. Flare-gas miners, wind-curtailment co-location, and off-peak hydro arrangements use energy that would otherwise be wasted.
- Use heat recovery. Capturing the heat for greenhouse agriculture, pool heating, or district warmth offsets fossil-fuel heating that would have been burned anyway.
- Time-shift your uptime. In grids with high daytime solar, running more during the day and less at night lowers your effective intensity even if you don't switch providers.
- Purchase verifiable offsets. Treat this as a last resort, not a substitute — and favour additional, permanent, third-party-verified projects (Gold Standard, Verra VCS).
Frequently asked questions
Yearly electricity use = rig power (W) × 24 × 365 ÷ 1000. We multiply that by each row's grid intensity in grams CO₂-equivalent per kWh and convert to kilograms. Intensities are representative averages — real emissions depend on your specific utility mix, time of day, and local transmission losses.
It depends almost entirely on where the electricity comes from. A single rig plugged into hydro in Quebec emits less over a year than an average family's two cars in a month. The same rig on a coal-dominated grid can exceed that in a few days. The hardware is the same — the grid is what changes the answer.
Network-wide estimates vary by methodology; the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance's Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index is the most widely cited reference. As of recent reporting, the network's sustainable-energy share has grown as more hashrate migrates to hydro, wind, solar, and stranded-gas sites. This page just estimates a single rig — for the big picture, CCAF's dashboard is the best source.
Not directly. The rig draws the same wattage regardless of which pool it joins or how difficulty trends — so its electricity use, and therefore its emissions, stay constant. Those factors change revenue, not power consumption.
Daily projection
| Period | /Day | /Month |
|---|---|---|
| Income | $1.40 | $42.03 |
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Cost
$0.1/kWh
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$0.41 | $12.30 |
| Profit | $1.00 | $29.86 |
| Coin | Algorithm | Income | Cost | Profit |
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CFX
⚠
Conflux
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Octopus
38.37Mh · 169.0W
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$0.47 | $0.41 | $0.06 |
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RVN
Ravencoin
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KAWPOW
23.42Mh · 144.0W
|
$0.10 | $0.35 | $-0.25 |
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BEAM
⚠
Beam
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BeamHashIII
22Hh · 108.0W
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$0.08 | $0.26 | $-0.18 |
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Ethash
49.64Mh · 110.0W
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— | $0.26 | — |
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FTC
⚠
Feathercoin
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NeoScrypt
1.06532Mh · 129.0W
|
— | $0.31 | — |
NEXA
⚠
Nexa
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NexaPoW
31.4237Mh · 99.0W
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$0.05 | $0.24 | $-0.19 |
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—
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Keccak
772.0693Mh · 129.0W
|
— | $0.31 | — |
ERG
⚠
Ergo
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Autolykos2
108.2Mh · 109.0W
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$0.04 | $0.26 | $-0.22 |
|
LTZ
⚠
Litecoinz
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Zhash
51Hh · 82.0W
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— | $0.20 | — |
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ETC
Ethereum Classic
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Etchash
49.64Mh · 110.0W
|
$0.03 | $0.26 | $-0.23 |
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XMR
Monero
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RandomX
706Hh · 106.0W
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$0.02 | $0.25 | $-0.23 |
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AE
⚠
Aeternity
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CuckooCycle
5Hh · 64.0W
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$0.01 | $0.15 | $-0.14 |
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VRSC
⚠
Verus
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VerusHash
5.962901Mh · 170.0W
|
— | $0.41 | — |
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ZEC
Zcash
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Equihash
61Hh · 115.0W
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— | $0.28 | — |
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MONA
⚠
Monacoin
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Lyra2REv2
52.594755Mh · 136.0W
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— | $0.33 | — |
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X16R
11.91851Mh · 120.0W
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— | $0.29 | — |
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Blake3
900.126543Mh · 110.0W
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— | $0.26 | — |
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GRIN
⚠
Grin
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Cuckatoo32
0Hh · 116.0W
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— | $0.28 | — |
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ACM
⚠
Actinium
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Lyra2z
3.37684Mh · 87.0W
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— | $0.21 | — |
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IRON
⚠
Iron Fish
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FishHash
20.5Mh · 140.0W
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— | $0.34 | — |
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X16Rv2
8.175524Mh · 130.0W
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— | $0.31 | — |
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Cuckatoo31
0Hh · 138.0W
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— | $0.33 | — |
KAS
Kaspa
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KHeavyHash
362.284508Mh · 154.0W
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— | $0.37 | — |
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Blake (2s)
4.44506099Gh · 106.0W
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— | $0.25 | — |
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EquihashSAFE
55Hh · 137.0W
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— | $0.33 | — |
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Cuckarood29
1Hh · 100.0W
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— | $0.24 | — |
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HMQ1725
5.972917Mh · 66.0W
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— | $0.16 | — |
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Keccak-C
772.98593Mh · 102.0W
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— | $0.24 | — |
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Curvehash
7.650161Mh · 143.0W
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— | $0.34 | — |
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Pufferfish2
884Mh · 102.0W
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— | $0.24 | — |
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Memehash
31.782494Mh · 122.0W
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— | $0.29 | — |
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X16S
9.841673Mh · 148.0W
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— | $0.36 | — |
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X17
9.753134Mh · 148.0W
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— | $0.36 | — |
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X25X
5.617711Mh · 169.0W
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— | $0.41 | — |
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VTC
⚠
Vertcoin
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Lyra2REv3
50.528385Mh · 127.0W
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— | $0.30 | — |
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vProgPow
9.190074Mh · 112.0W
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— | $0.27 | — |
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CNReverseWaltz
1.7Kh · 110.0W
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— | $0.26 | — |
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X33
11.7491Mh · 168.0W
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— | $0.40 | — |
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—
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X22i
262.017Kh · 44.0W
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— | $0.11 | — |
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Blake2B
1.759559448Gh · 135.0W
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— | $0.32 | — |
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—
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Xevan
3.617062Mh · 83.0W
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— | $0.20 | — |
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EPIC
⚠
Epic Cash
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ProgPow
20.614207Mh · 169.0W
|
— | $0.41 | — |
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—
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Argon2d250
842.738Kh · 151.0W
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— | $0.36 | — |
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—
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X15
9.27642Mh · 118.0W
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— | $0.28 | — |
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—
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Tribus
67.298452Mh · 136.0W
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— | $0.33 | — |
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—
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EvrProgPow
20.055636Mh · 169.0W
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— | $0.41 | — |
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—
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Darkcoin
1.877Gh · 135.0W
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— | $0.32 | — |
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—
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CryptoNightGPU
2.3Hh · 120.0W
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— | $0.29 | — |
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—
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MTP
22.0Mh · 140.0W
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— | $0.34 | — |
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—
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XelisHashV2
20.0Mh · 140.0W
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— | $0.34 | — |
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—
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zkSNARK
370.0Mh · 80.0W
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— | $0.19 | — |
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—
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C11
14.480847Mh · 110.0W
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— | $0.26 | — |
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TimeTravel10
25.9465Mh · 109.0W
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— | $0.26 | — |
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—
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X16RT
9.86558Mh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
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—
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Padihash
2.096374Mh · 65.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
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—
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Pawelhash
7.368311Mh · 102.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
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—
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PHI2
5.82403Mh · 84.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
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—
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NIST5
32.253368Mh · 64.0W
|
— | $0.15 | — |
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—
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HeavyHash
258.968713Mh · 150.0W
|
— | $0.36 | — |
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—
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0x10
13.214818Mh · 107.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
FIRO
Firo
|
FiroPoW
20.225481Mh · 169.0W
|
— | $0.41 | — |
|
—
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SonoA
1.562468Mh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
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—
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Hex
9.421017Mh · 79.0W
|
— | $0.19 | — |
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—
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Jeonghash
8.315668Mh · 109.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
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—
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HoneyComb
262.062Kh · 45.0W
|
— | $0.11 | — |
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—
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Mike
1.2724Gh · 98.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
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—
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Astralhash
15.747289Mh · 124.0W
|
— | $0.30 | — |
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—
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Radiant
332.18Mh · 93.0W
|
— | $0.22 | — |
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—
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Dedal
9.949954Mh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
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—
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X17R
9.787597Mh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
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—
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BCD
11.062992Mh · 67.0W
|
— | $0.16 | — |
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—
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ProgPowZ
19.688608Mh · 139.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
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—
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Skein2
484.288448Mh · 117.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
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—
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Argon2d4096
40.026Kh · 96.0W
|
— | $0.23 | — |
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—
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PHI1612
21.453899Mh · 96.0W
|
— | $0.23 | — |
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—
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SHA-256csm
1.05069203Gh · 76.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
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—
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Cuckaroo29b
3Hh · 100.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
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—
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Globalhash
39.687154Mh · 76.0W
|
— | $0.18 | — |
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—
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Lyra2vc0ban
48.911466Mh · 112.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
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—
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Blake (2b-BTCC)
1.680886583Gh · 99.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
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—
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ProgPowVeil
20.697225Mh · 118.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
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—
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ProgPowSERO
20.081737Mh · 169.0W
|
— | $0.41 | — |
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—
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X21S
7.21785Mh · 103.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
|
—
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Chukwa
86.968Kh · 110.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
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Ubqhash
26.60874Mh · 104.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
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—
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X18
1.047907Mh · 51.0W
|
— | $0.12 | — |
|
—
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Blake256R14-dcr
2.25145001Gh · 109.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
|
—
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Skunkhash
29.486255Mh · 88.0W
|
— | $0.21 | — |
|
—
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CuckooBFC
6Hh · 101.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
|
—
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Equihash(125,4)
30Hh · 116.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
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—
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Cuckaroo29S
3Hh · 113.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
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—
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Equihash+Scrypt
28.297Kh · 118.0W
|
— | $0.28 | — |
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—
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Skydoge
7.498503Th · 60.0W
|
— | $0.14 | — |
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—
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RandomKEVA
736Hh · 49.0W
|
— | $0.12 | — |
|
—
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Cortex
0Hh · 139.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
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—
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SHA256DT
1.429195473Gh · 113.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
|
—
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Chukwa2
31.797Kh · 158.0W
|
— | $0.38 | — |
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—
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Equihash(96,5)
2.027Kh · 95.0W
|
— | $0.23 | — |
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—
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BMW512
1.183579588Gh · 99.0W
|
— | $0.24 | — |
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—
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X11k
2.068109Mh · 111.0W
|
— | $0.27 | — |
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—
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X16RTVEIL
9.683196Mh · 107.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
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—
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Cuckaroom29
3Hh · 103.0W
|
— | $0.25 | — |
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—
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GhostRider
508Hh · 43.0W
|
— | $0.10 | — |
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—
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Equihash(150,5)
23Hh · 165.0W
|
— | $0.40 | — |
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—
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RandomSFX
736Hh · 48.0W
|
— | $0.12 | — |
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—
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EquihashBTCZ
54Hh · 137.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
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—
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Equihash(192,7)
29Hh · 137.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
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—
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Equihash(210,9)
214Hh · 109.0W
|
— | $0.26 | — |
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—
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BeamHashII
23Hh · 148.0W
|
— | $0.36 | — |
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—
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Equihash(144,5)
50Hh · 82.0W
|
— | $0.20 | — |
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—
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EquihashBTG
54Hh · 138.0W
|
— | $0.33 | — |
| Pool | Algos supported | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|
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CuckooCycle (AE) · BeamHashIII (BEAM) · Autolykos2 (ERG) | 1.0% | Visit → |
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BeamHashIII (BEAM) · Autolykos2 (ERG) · Etchash (ETC) | 0.9% | Visit → |
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Autolykos2 (ERG) · Etchash (ETC) · KHeavyHash (KAS) | 1.0% | Visit → |
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FiroPoW (FIRO) · NexaPoW (NEXA) · RandomX (XMR) | 1.0% | Visit → |
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RandomX (XMR) | 0.6% | Visit → |
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Boost Clock
- 1852 MHz
- CUDA cores
- 3584
- GPU Power
- 170 W
- Max Memory Bandwidth
- 336 GB/s
- Max Memory Size
- 12 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR6
- Mining algos
- 30
- Model
- Nvidia RTX 3060
- Power
- 170 W
- Process
- 8 nm
- Release
- February 2021
- Release year
- 2021
- TDP
- 170 W
- Type
- GPU
- Vendor
- Nvidia
How Nvidia RTX 3060 earns renting on the AI GPU marketplace
Nvidia RTX 3060 earns $0.30/day renting to AI workloads — meaningfully more than the $0.06/day it would make mining Octopus. Mining and rental are mutually exclusive use modes, so the AI marketplace is the obvious play here.
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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Lyra2REv2
0.00000030000 BTC/M/d
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$0.78
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$1.19 income · $0.41 cost
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Lyra2REv2
0.00002520563 BTC/M/d
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$99.59
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$100.00 income · $0.41 cost
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aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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Lyra2REv2
0.00000054154 BTC/M/d
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$1.74
$2.15 income · $0.41 cost
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| Lyra2z | |||||
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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Lyra2z
0.00000550000 BTC/M/d
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$0.99
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$1.40 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
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Lyra2z
0.00000600172 BTC/M/d
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$1.12
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$1.53 income · $0.41 cost
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aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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Lyra2z
0.00000754436 BTC/M/d
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$1.51
$1.92 income · $0.41 cost
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| Octopus | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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Octopus
0.00000003100 BTC/M/d
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$-0.32
$0.09 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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Octopus
0.00000011000 BTC/M/d
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$-0.09
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$0.32 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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Octopus
0.00000064110 BTC/M/d
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$1.45
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$1.86 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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Octopus
0.00000013850 BTC/M/d
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$0.40 income · $0.41 cost
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| NexaPoW | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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NexaPoW
0.00000002188 BTC/M/d
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$-0.36
$0.05 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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NexaPoW
0.00000006829 BTC/M/d
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$-0.25
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$0.16 income · $0.41 cost
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last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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NexaPoW
0.00000032850 BTC/M/d
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$0.37
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$0.78 income · $0.41 cost
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aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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NexaPoW
0.00000011682 BTC/M/d
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$-0.13
$0.28 income · $0.41 cost
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| X16R | |||||
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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X16R
0.00000057240 BTC/M/d
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$0.10
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$0.51 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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X16R
0.00000061118 BTC/M/d
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$0.14
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$0.55 income · $0.41 cost
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aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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X16R
0.00000057240 BTC/M/d
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$0.10
$0.51 income · $0.41 cost
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| X16Rv2 | |||||
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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X16Rv2
0.00000070761 BTC/M/d
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$0.03
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$0.44 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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X16Rv2
0.00000063655 BTC/M/d
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$-0.02
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$0.39 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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X16Rv2
0.00000083498 BTC/M/d
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$0.10
$0.51 income · $0.41 cost
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| FishHash | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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FishHash
0.00000003164 BTC/M/d
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$-0.36
$0.05 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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FishHash
0.00000012000 BTC/M/d
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$-0.22
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$0.19 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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FishHash
0.00000015078 BTC/M/d
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$-0.18
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$0.23 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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FishHash
0.00000023958 BTC/M/d
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$-0.04
$0.37 income · $0.41 cost
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| KAWPOW | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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KAWPOW
0.00000005654 BTC/M/d
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$-0.31
$0.10 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
5% rented · matches cheapest seller
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KAWPOW
0.00000010622 BTC/M/d
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$-0.22
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$0.19 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
last 10 rentals · actual clearing price
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KAWPOW
0.00000018826 BTC/M/d
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$-0.08
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$0.33 income · $0.41 cost
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aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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KAWPOW
0.00000012422 BTC/M/d
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$-0.19
$0.22 income · $0.41 cost
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| Zhash | |||||
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NiceHash
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Zhash
0.00000000679 BTC/H/d
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$-0.38
$0.03 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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Zhash
0.00000007080 BTC/H/d
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$-0.14
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$0.27 income · $0.41 cost
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Zhash
0.00000008185 BTC/H/d
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$-0.10
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$0.31 income · $0.41 cost
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aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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Zhash
0.00000007080 BTC/H/d
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$-0.14
$0.27 income · $0.41 cost
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| NeoScrypt | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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NeoScrypt
0.00000061701 BTC/M/d
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$-0.36
$0.05 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
5% rented · matches cheapest seller
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NeoScrypt
0.00000320000 BTC/M/d
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$-0.15
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$0.26 income · $0.41 cost
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NeoScrypt
0.00000314000 BTC/M/d
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$-0.16
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$0.25 income · $0.41 cost
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aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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NeoScrypt
0.00000359000 BTC/M/d
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$-0.12
$0.29 income · $0.41 cost
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| VerusHash | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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VerusHash
0.00000002592 BTC/M/d
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$-0.40
$0.01 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
0% rented · matches cheapest seller
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VerusHash
0.00000010999 BTC/M/d
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$-0.36
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$0.05 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR recent
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VerusHash
0.00000023020 BTC/M/d
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$-0.31
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$0.10 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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VerusHash
0.00000015510 BTC/M/d
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$-0.34
$0.07 income · $0.41 cost
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| Ethash | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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Ethash
0.00000002000 BTC/M/d
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$-0.34
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$0.07 income · $0.41 cost
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| BeamHashIII | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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BeamHashIII
0.00000004267 BTC/H/d
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$-0.34
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$0.07 income · $0.41 cost
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| Etchash | |||||
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NiceHash
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Etchash
0.00000000505 BTC/M/d
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$-0.39
$0.02 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
5% rented · matches cheapest seller
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Etchash
0.00000001223 BTC/M/d
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$-0.36
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$0.05 income · $0.41 cost
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Etchash
0.00000001578 BTC/M/d
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$-0.35
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$0.06 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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Etchash
0.00000001222 BTC/M/d
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$-0.36
$0.05 income · $0.41 cost
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| Autolykos2 | |||||
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NiceHash
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Autolykos2
0.00000000544 BTC/M/d
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$-0.37
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$0.04 income · $0.41 cost
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| RandomX | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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RandomX
0.00000038220 BTC/K/d
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$-0.39
$0.02 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
24% rented · matches cheapest seller
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RandomX
0.00000038869 BTC/K/d
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$-0.39
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$0.02 income · $0.41 cost
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RandomX
0.00000059923 BTC/K/d
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$-0.38
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$0.03 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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RandomX
0.00000053630 BTC/K/d
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$-0.38
$0.03 income · $0.41 cost
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| Equihash | |||||
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NiceHash
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Equihash
0.00000000048 BTC/H/d
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$-0.41
$0.00 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
25% rented · matches cheapest seller
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Equihash
0.00000000054 BTC/H/d
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$-0.41
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$0.00 income · $0.41 cost
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Equihash
0.00000000072 BTC/H/d
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$-0.41
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$0.00 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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Equihash
0.00000000073 BTC/H/d
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$-0.41
$0.00 income · $0.41 cost
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| KHeavyHash | |||||
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NiceHash
seller 24h-weighted avg
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KHeavyHash
0.00000263777 BTC/T/d
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$-0.41
$0.00 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR floor
9% rented · matches cheapest seller
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KHeavyHash
0.00000280000 BTC/T/d
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$-0.41
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$0.00 income · $0.41 cost
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KHeavyHash
0.00000387000 BTC/T/d
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$-0.41
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$0.00 income · $0.41 cost
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MRR asking
aspirational — seller wish, not matched
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KHeavyHash
0.00000528000 BTC/T/d
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$-0.41
$0.00 income · $0.41 cost
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| Blake3 | |||||
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NiceHash
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Blake3
0.00000000176 BTC/G/d
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$-0.41
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$0.00 income · $0.41 cost
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| Rigs × Qty | Share | Rev /rig/day | Cost /rig/day | Profit /rig/day | Total profit /day |
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ROI calculator for Nvidia RTX 3060
Model payback, electricity, and first-year return for this rig.
The line crosses $0 on the day you break even. Everything above is pure profit.
| Month | Earned (mo) | Cost burned (mo) | Cumulative earned | Cumulative cost | Net | % ROI |
|---|
Yearly emissions by energy source
Based on the rig's annual power draw and the carbon intensity of common grid mixes.
| Energy source | CO₂e / yr |
|---|---|
| Wind | 16.06 kg |
| Nuclear | 17.52 kg |
| Hydroelectric | 35.04 kg |
| Geothermal | 55.49 kg |
| Solar | 65.71 kg |
| Biofuels | 335.84 kg |
| Gas | 715.48 kg |
| Coal | 1,197.33 kg |
Estimates only — actual emissions vary by hardware, cooling, and grid mix.
What does that actually mean?
At the world-average grid intensity of about 475 g CO₂e/kWh, Nvidia RTX 3060 running 24/7 for a year releases about 694 kg of carbon dioxide equivalent. Here's what that looks like in everyday terms:
Where you plug in matters
Electricity is not one thing. A kilowatt-hour from a coal plant carries roughly 820 g of CO₂; the same kilowatt-hour from a hydro reservoir carries about 24 g. That's a 34× difference — large enough that Nvidia RTX 3060's annual footprint swings from roughly 1,197 kg on coal-heavy grids down to about 35 kg on hydro-dominated grids. The single biggest lever a miner has on their carbon footprint is choosing where to plug in.
Regions commonly used for low-carbon crypto mining include Quebec and British Columbia (hydro-dominated, typically <50 g CO₂/kWh), Iceland and Norway (geothermal + hydro, often <30 g), Paraguay (Itaipú hydro), and parts of the US Pacific Northwest. Coal-heavy grids — Kazakhstan, Inner Mongolia, Poland, parts of Australia — sit at the opposite end, often above 700 g CO₂/kWh.
Some operators also reduce their net impact by using otherwise-wasted energy: flare gas at oil wells (burning methane that would be vented anyway), curtailed renewables (wind or solar that the grid can't absorb), or behind-the-meter hydro during off-peak hours. These arrangements can drop effective emissions below the local grid average because the energy would have been wasted or flared without the mining load.
How to reduce this rig's footprint
- Pick a greener ASIC. The efficiency column above matters as much as the grid: a 15 J/TH rig emits roughly half the CO₂ of a 30 J/TH rig for the same hashrate.
- Choose a low-carbon host. Data centres advertising hydro, geothermal, or nuclear power typically sit at <100 g CO₂/kWh.
- Look for stranded or curtailed energy. Flare-gas miners, wind-curtailment co-location, and off-peak hydro arrangements use energy that would otherwise be wasted.
- Use heat recovery. Capturing the heat for greenhouse agriculture, pool heating, or district warmth offsets fossil-fuel heating that would have been burned anyway.
- Time-shift your uptime. In grids with high daytime solar, running more during the day and less at night lowers your effective intensity even if you don't switch providers.
- Purchase verifiable offsets. Treat this as a last resort, not a substitute — and favour additional, permanent, third-party-verified projects (Gold Standard, Verra VCS).
Frequently asked questions
Yearly electricity use = rig power (W) × 24 × 365 ÷ 1000. We multiply that by each row's grid intensity in grams CO₂-equivalent per kWh and convert to kilograms. Intensities are representative averages — real emissions depend on your specific utility mix, time of day, and local transmission losses.
It depends almost entirely on where the electricity comes from. A single rig plugged into hydro in Quebec emits less over a year than an average family's two cars in a month. The same rig on a coal-dominated grid can exceed that in a few days. The hardware is the same — the grid is what changes the answer.
Network-wide estimates vary by methodology; the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance's Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index is the most widely cited reference. As of recent reporting, the network's sustainable-energy share has grown as more hashrate migrates to hydro, wind, solar, and stranded-gas sites. This page just estimates a single rig — for the big picture, CCAF's dashboard is the best source.
Not directly. The rig draws the same wattage regardless of which pool it joins or how difficulty trends — so its electricity use, and therefore its emissions, stay constant. Those factors change revenue, not power consumption.