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Bitmain Antminer S3 profitability history

What the Bitmain Antminer S3 (0.48 TH/s) produced each month hosted in Argentina at 6.0¢/kWh with 98.7% uptime, valued at each month's own bitcoin price. Since Nov 2025: 0.00007 BTC mined, $5 of revenue, $177 of electricity.

The Bitmain Antminer S3 was released in Jul 2014; daily market data begins in Nov 2025, so months before that are not shown rather than estimated. The price history covers the full period.

Every month

MonthBitcoin minedAvg BTC priceRevenueElectricityProfitCost per BTC
Nov 20250.00001$96,544$0.60$16.39-$15.78$2,631,191
Dec 20250.00001$89,011$0.57$16.93-$16.36$2,631,191
Jan 20260.00001$90,561$0.58$16.93-$16.35$2,631,191
Feb 20260.00001$69,041$0.40$15.29-$14.89$2,631,191
Mar 20260.00001$69,639$0.46$16.93-$16.47$2,561,951
Apr 20260.00001$73,653$0.47$16.39-$15.92$2,575,237
May 20260.00001$78,042$0.52$16.93-$16.41$2,533,448
Jun 20260.00001$63,191$0.42$16.39-$15.96$2,451,169
Jul 20260.00001$63,758$0.45$16.93-$16.49$2,425,259
Aug 20260.00001$69,368$0.49$16.93-$16.44$2,375,834
Sep 20260.00000$78,575$0.36$10.92-$10.57$2,401,711

Profit is over electricity only and does not repay the machine, shipping, import or setup. Bitmain Antminer S3 price history · Bitmain Antminer S3 specifications and price