I am running a small operation and I had small operation in 2018 too when I was mining at a loss.I am only talking at a personal level here and those in the same league as me a minimum of 300 Mhsh and maximum of 1.5Ghsh which I consider small miners.I can cover the electricity cost in fact right now I am paying electricity plus making 50 USD in profit with such low prices we have now in cryptocurrencies.Since I was really successful in 2018 where I mined like more than 0.65 Bitcoin I hope this bear market lasts at least as 2018 so I can collect and collect small amount of Bitcoins everyday and then when the new all time high booms I am ready to cash in.
It's a valid strategy, since you don't have to buy coins directly on exchanges, you're paying electricity to buy Bitcoin indirectly.
There are some advantages doing this, privacy or tax advantages mostly, or even the hedge you have on your GPUs
Last crash in 2018 I had to stop all my GPUs and I sold everything, this time I'm still thinking what to do, I'm more prepared, I bought my cards early, already have my ROI and I'm holding some ETH.
I have options to sell everything and save the money to buy coins doing DCA
But I'm thinking to only sell 1 or 2 cards to have more cash and continue to mining with a small rig
You are in a very comfortable position right now and if I were at your place I would surely go with that last option,that last sentence of yours,sell only 1 or 2 cards and keep accumulating with a small rig,you are already in profit,just like I am with my big mining rig I built in 2021 so we can choose freely what to do.
However I would insist on keep mining with that small rig because in the long term we all know that new all time high of Bitcoin is simply inevitable,it may take sometime,the latest I am predicting could be 2027 but normally should be much sooner than that most likely 2023-2025.When that time comes it is time to cash in big time,that is what I define a winner.