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Topic: Is mining that profitable? (Read 3263 times)

grn
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January 01, 2015, 05:13:58 PM
#27
Hi I'm Mohsen from Iran, I found mining quite interesting and profitable and I have some doubt about it then I join this forum and I want to ask some question before investing.
I did mining with my personal computer with several pools and I noticed that I can invest in antminer s4 and that is quite interesting when I calculated the profit here : https://alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator
So my research says if I invest any amount in mining devices, I can return my investment in just 4 months. Am I calculating right? Is it that accurate?
I'm Planning to invest on antminer s4, Is there any better option, because right now bitmaintech guys selling 16 units for $14K and I can get 32TH/s with those. also I'm in Iran andd the electricity price is so cheap here, I can register a production company to cut half my electricity price even. But I dont know if they ship units to Iran and the weight is so high its about 250KG.
So what do you think about my plan?

Thank you


Don't use that mining calculator, it's shit, use this one instead:

https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/calculator

Best option for mining right now is the Antminer S5

https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020141223145144203LHv1Ae820632


or the Spondoolies-Tech SP20


http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/holiday-special-sp20-jackson-shipping-from-stock

You can't go wrong with either.  You won't necessarily ROI, but at least you're picking the right miners.



Um, you do know that there is no chance in hell that Spondoolies will ship to Iran, right?

I can get it to Iran if needed
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January 01, 2015, 08:42:19 AM
#26
Yes, its very profitable, after mining for only a month, I was able to buy a bridge and a castle in New York!!! If you want to be like me, please contact me, I'd need your personal info like social security, date of birth, bank account, etc...
ha ha funny
well i don't think bitcoin mining is a profitable business for new miner those need to buy new hardwares and then recover their investment and profit from those,its only profitable if you are a old miner and already cash out the money you invested in hardware
It might be only profitable, if you can do it large scale. Other than that, its hard for it to be profitable.

Even large scale is barely profitable right now. BTC price is way too low and difficulty is going to shoot up again.
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January 01, 2015, 06:05:47 AM
#25
Yes, its very profitable, after mining for only a month, I was able to buy a bridge and a castle in New York!!! If you want to be like me, please contact me, I'd need your personal info like social security, date of birth, bank account, etc...
ha ha funny
well i don't think bitcoin mining is a profitable business for new miner those need to buy new hardwares and then recover their investment and profit from those,its only profitable if you are a old miner and already cash out the money you invested in hardware
It might be only profitable, if you can do it large scale. Other than that, its hard for it to be profitable.
legendary
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SpacePirate.io
December 31, 2014, 10:02:48 PM
#24
I would think 12 months to get your money back is your BEST case scenario.   With the cost of electricity, you will be using more than 2/3 of your mining proceeds just to pay electric.
A lot of people end up selling their miners before the end of their useful life to help deflect the cost of mining and to increase their (potential) ROI.

I think it will be interesting to see how fast difficulty increases (if at all) over the next year as people who are going to be buying new ASICs will potentially be still mining when the block subsidy halves again

Agreed, I used to sell my miners at the 3 month mark. It looks like difficulty is back on the rise again too...
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December 31, 2014, 04:52:10 PM
#23
I would think 12 months to get your money back is your BEST case scenario.   With the cost of electricity, you will be using more than 2/3 of your mining proceeds just to pay electric.
A lot of people end up selling their miners before the end of their useful life to help deflect the cost of mining and to increase their (potential) ROI.

I think it will be interesting to see how fast difficulty increases (if at all) over the next year as people who are going to be buying new ASICs will potentially be still mining when the block subsidy halves again
hero member
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December 31, 2014, 03:33:18 PM
#22
Yes, its very profitable, after mining for only a month, I was able to buy a bridge and a castle in New York!!! If you want to be like me, please contact me, I'd need your personal info like social security, date of birth, bank account, etc...
ha ha funny
well i don't think bitcoin mining is a profitable business for new miner those need to buy new hardwares and then recover their investment and profit from those,its only profitable if you are a old miner and already cash out the money you invested in hardware
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Activity: 224
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December 31, 2014, 10:54:40 AM
#21
Yes, its very profitable, after mining for only a month, I was able to buy a bridge and a castle in New York!!! If you want to be like me, please contact me, I'd need your personal info like social security, date of birth, bank account, etc...

[/sarcasm]
legendary
Activity: 1232
Merit: 1000
December 31, 2014, 05:27:56 AM
#20
I would think 12 months to get your money back is your BEST case scenario.   With the cost of electricity, you will be using more than 2/3 of your mining proceeds just to pay electric.

He stated that he has very cheap electric, even though we don't know what that price is , electric may not be a problem for him.
legendary
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Be A Digital Miner
December 30, 2014, 08:28:24 PM
#19
I would think 12 months to get your money back is your BEST case scenario.   With the cost of electricity, you will be using more than 2/3 of your mining proceeds just to pay electric.
legendary
Activity: 1274
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December 30, 2014, 08:15:35 PM
#18
Um, you do know that there is no chance in hell that Spondoolies will ship to Iran, right?

They probably would. Mo$hen probably would just want to be behind a bunch of laminated Lexan when he opens the box. Smiley
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Glow Stick Dance!
December 30, 2014, 07:11:45 PM
#17
Hi I'm Mohsen from Iran, I found mining quite interesting and profitable and I have some doubt about it then I join this forum and I want to ask some question before investing.
I did mining with my personal computer with several pools and I noticed that I can invest in antminer s4 and that is quite interesting when I calculated the profit here : https://alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator
So my research says if I invest any amount in mining devices, I can return my investment in just 4 months. Am I calculating right? Is it that accurate?
I'm Planning to invest on antminer s4, Is there any better option, because right now bitmaintech guys selling 16 units for $14K and I can get 32TH/s with those. also I'm in Iran andd the electricity price is so cheap here, I can register a production company to cut half my electricity price even. But I dont know if they ship units to Iran and the weight is so high its about 250KG.
So what do you think about my plan?

Thank you


Don't use that mining calculator, it's shit, use this one instead:

https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/calculator

Best option for mining right now is the Antminer S5

https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020141223145144203LHv1Ae820632


or the Spondoolies-Tech SP20


http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/holiday-special-sp20-jackson-shipping-from-stock

You can't go wrong with either.  You won't necessarily ROI, but at least you're picking the right miners.



Um, you do know that there is no chance in hell that Spondoolies will ship to Iran, right?
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December 30, 2014, 02:59:52 PM
#16
Hi I'm Mohsen from Iran, I found mining quite interesting and profitable and I have some doubt about it then I join this forum and I want to ask some question before investing.
I did mining with my personal computer with several pools and I noticed that I can invest in antminer s4 and that is quite interesting when I calculated the profit here : https://alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator
So my research says if I invest any amount in mining devices, I can return my investment in just 4 months. Am I calculating right? Is it that accurate?
I'm Planning to invest on antminer s4, Is there any better option, because right now bitmaintech guys selling 16 units for $14K and I can get 32TH/s with those. also I'm in Iran andd the electricity price is so cheap here, I can register a production company to cut half my electricity price even. But I dont know if they ship units to Iran and the weight is so high its about 250KG.
So what do you think about my plan?

Thank you


Don't use that mining calculator, it's shit, use this one instead:

https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/calculator

Best option for mining right now is the Antminer S5

https://www.bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=00020141223145144203LHv1Ae820632


or the Spondoolies-Tech SP20


http://www.spondoolies-tech.com/products/holiday-special-sp20-jackson-shipping-from-stock

You can't go wrong with either.  You won't necessarily ROI, but at least you're picking the right miners.

legendary
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December 29, 2014, 08:48:24 AM
#15
no it isn't unless you are a big farm with a electricity contract, or you have already made roi, or any of those combinations
full member
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December 29, 2014, 07:50:28 AM
#14
you better find someone who can get those miners past customs
legendary
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December 28, 2014, 03:03:47 PM
#13
I will expect the customs and related fees will kill you off.

I would've advised you to buy Bitcoins instead, but the same problem remains - getting your money out and into the exchanges. I guess you can try localbitcoins if such a thing indeed exists in Iran.
legendary
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December 28, 2014, 12:07:06 PM
#12
u might be killed with stones or something
legendary
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December 28, 2014, 07:55:12 AM
#11
Iran....Wondering if RPG's can be bought with BTC yet?  Undecided
hero member
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December 28, 2014, 02:19:18 AM
#10
Yes its very profitable. In fact i'm picking up a Bentley Continental GT this coming Monday all from btc mining profit.

You should buy all the gears that you can, guarantee you next year you will be buying Maserati.
legendary
Activity: 1456
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December 27, 2014, 08:44:10 PM
#9
When you say cheap how much is cheap?   Electricity price is a huge factor. 

With 16 units you will also need some cooling.   That is a decent amount of heat.  Make sure to factor electrician and his services and parts, and also cooling and a constant cooling bill.
sr. member
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December 27, 2014, 07:55:02 PM
#8
Mining might be profitable as of now. Not certain about an year later , when the difficulty increases.

Eventhough difficulty is decreasing, mining same btc just got extended by one full day. But the good news is: when mining becomes harder, no more bitcoins to dump, price of bitcoin will skyrocket
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December 19, 2014, 12:34:52 AM
#7
Hi I'm Mohsen from Iran, I found mining quite interesting and profitable and I have some doubt about it then I join this forum and I want to ask some question before investing.
I did mining with my personal computer with several pools and I noticed that I can invest in antminer s4 and that is quite interesting when I calculated the profit here : https://alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator
So my research says if I invest any amount in mining devices, I can return my investment in just 4 months. Am I calculating right? Is it that accurate?
I'm Planning to invest on antminer s4, Is there any better option, because right now bitmaintech guys selling 16 units for $14K and I can get 32TH/s with those. also I'm in Iran andd the electricity price is so cheap here, I can register a production company to cut half my electricity price even. But I dont know if they ship units to Iran and the weight is so high its about 250KG.
So what do you think about my plan?

Thank you

Everyone would advice not to get into mining at this stage, specially when the halving is expetd to happen in an year or 2, which is definitely not be profitable for minin.g
legendary
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December 18, 2014, 09:46:43 PM
#6
Ahh if we could just settle all the worlds differences with a years of mining coins.  it would be nice.

to the op contact bitmaintech and ask them.
legendary
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December 18, 2014, 04:25:32 PM
#5
I wonder if Spondoolies ships to Iran? My instincts tell me no.   Wink
Just buy them in Israel, drive em through Syria, stop in Mosul for tea, and then on to Iran from there.

You make it seem complicated.
legendary
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December 18, 2014, 04:20:21 PM
#4
The difficult will probably increase destroying your chance at ROI.

That said.. this is the first time in 22 months the difficult has gone down soo... who knows..

We might see a massive abandoning of bitcoin and a return to $50-100 area... This would decimate the mining network shutting down most industrial sized miners leaving only hobby miners like me..  Who knows if I would be mining in the red or black at that point. I will mine until I die Smiley.
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December 17, 2014, 03:19:21 AM
#3
I wonder if Spondoolies ships to Iran? My instincts tell me no.   Wink

Spondoolies will not ship to Iran but i think bitmain will do.
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Glow Stick Dance!
December 17, 2014, 02:30:52 AM
#2
I wonder if Spondoolies ships to Iran? My instincts tell me no.   Wink
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December 17, 2014, 12:53:18 AM
#1
Hi I'm Mohsen from Iran, I found mining quite interesting and profitable and I have some doubt about it then I join this forum and I want to ask some question before investing.
I did mining with my personal computer with several pools and I noticed that I can invest in antminer s4 and that is quite interesting when I calculated the profit here : https://alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator
So my research says if I invest any amount in mining devices, I can return my investment in just 4 months. Am I calculating right? Is it that accurate?
I'm Planning to invest on antminer s4, Is there any better option, because right now bitmaintech guys selling 16 units for $14K and I can get 32TH/s with those. also I'm in Iran andd the electricity price is so cheap here, I can register a production company to cut half my electricity price even. But I dont know if they ship units to Iran and the weight is so high its about 250KG.
So what do you think about my plan?

Thank you
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