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Which bitcoin miners were actually good purchases

Every machine we hold enough price history for, run from the day it went on sale to today at our own sites, keeping every coin. Net is those coins at today's price, less all electricity, less the full landed cost. 9 of 18 machines with two full years behind them are up.

Machines with a full verdict

MachineBoughtLandedCoins keptWorth todayElectricityNetReturn
Bitmain Antminer S21Oct 2023 @ $2,973$4,8140.1725$14,019$5,631$3,57534%
Bitmain Antminer S19j ProAug 2023 @ $1,258$2,4980.0931$7,567$3,411$1,65728%
MicroBT Whatsminer M50Aug 2023 @ $1,681$3,0690.1062$8,628$3,737$1,82227%
Bitmain Antminer S19j Pro+Aug 2023 @ $1,619$2,9860.1032$8,386$3,685$1,71526%
Bitmain Antminer S19K ProAug 2023 @ $1,820$3,2570.1151$9,354$4,209$1,88825%
MicroBT Whatsminer M30s+Aug 2023 @ $923$2,0460.0839$6,818$3,452$1,31924%
Bitmain Antminer S19 Pro HydNov 2023 @ $1,584$3,4380.1268$10,308$5,458$1,41216%
Bitmain Antminer S19 XPAug 2023 @ $3,122$5,0150.1367$11,112$4,627$1,47015%
Bitmain Antminer S19 XP HydAug 2023 @ $6,322$9,8350.2492$20,249$8,516$1,89910%
Bitmain Antminer T21Mar 2024 @ $2,999$4,8490.1066$8,660$5,005-$1,194-12%
Bitmain Antminer S21 HydMar 2024 @ $6,627$10,2460.1820$14,789$7,617-$3,075-17%
Bitmain Antminer S21 ProMay 2024 @ $4,671$7,1060.1129$9,176$4,667-$2,597-22%
MicroBT Whatsminer M66sJun 2024 @ $5,751$7,8760.1358$11,034$6,870-$3,712-25%
MicroBT Whatsminer M66SJun 2024 @ $5,603$7,7130.1323$10,750$6,693-$3,656-25%
MicroBT Whatsminer M50sJun 2024 @ $1,430$2,7310.0523$4,253$3,373-$1,850-30%
MicroBT Whatsminer M60sJun 2024 @ $3,483$5,5020.0843$6,854$4,373-$3,021-31%
MicroBT Whatsminer M60Jun 2024 @ $2,706$4,4530.0680$5,530$3,700-$2,623-32%
MicroBT Whatsminer M30sJun 2024 @ $467$1,4300.0284$2,305$2,009-$1,134-33%

Too early to say

Less than two years of running. A machine that has not had time to pay back is not a bad machine, it is an unfinished one.

MachineBoughtLandedCoins keptNet so farReturn so far
MicroBT Whatsminer M63Oct 2024 @ $6,089$9,5200.1254-$6,367-38%
Bitmain Antminer S19j XPOct 2024 @ $1,532$2,8680.0500-$1,743-30%
Bitmain Antminer S21 XP HydOct 2024 @ $10,860$15,9610.1681-$8,532-38%
Bitmain Antminer S21 XPOct 2024 @ $6,089$9,0200.0960-$5,088-39%
Bitmain Antminer S21 ImmersionJan 2025 @ $3,723$5,6450.0684-$4,013-42%
Bitmain Antminer S21+Jan 2025 @ $3,720$5,8220.0627-$3,952-44%
Bitmain Antminer S19e XP HydFeb 2025 @ $2,624$4,8420.0647-$3,732-42%
Bitmain Antminer S21+ HydFeb 2025 @ $5,682$8,9710.0928-$5,982-44%
Canaan Avalon QMar 2025 @ $1,794$3,2220.0238-$2,690-58%
MicroBT Whatsminer M61Mar 2025 @ $2,949$4,7810.0553-$3,616-45%
MicroBT Whatsminer M50s++Mar 2025 @ $1,820$3,2570.0376-$2,546-45%
Canaan Avalon Mini 3Apr 2025 @ $798$1,8770.0083-$1,706-72%
Canaan Avalon Nano 3SApr 2025 @ $287$1,1870.0013-$1,167-92%
Bitmain Antminer S23 HydJun 2025 @ $15,219$21,8460.1235-$15,751-61%
Bitmain Antminer S23Jun 2025 @ $8,344$12,0640.0677-$8,977-62%
MicroBT Whatsminer M61SJul 2025 @ $2,799$4,5790.0431-$3,687-51%
MicroBT Whatsminer M63sAug 2025 @ $5,119$8,2110.0731-$6,721-53%
MicroBT Whatsminer M61S+Aug 2025 @ $3,299$5,2540.0435-$4,152-54%
MicroBT Whatsminer M63S+Aug 2025 @ $5,425$8,6240.0717-$6,929-54%
Bitmain Antminer S19 XP+ HydNov 2025 @ $2,313$4,4230.0418-$3,707-52%
Bitmain Antminer S21e HydNov 2025 @ $3,301$5,7560.0474-$4,624-55%
Bitmain Antminer S21e XP Hyd 3UNov 2025 @ $14,897$21,4110.1228-$16,728-63%
Fluminer T3Nov 2025 @ $1,741$3,1500.0164-$2,607-66%
Bitmain Antminer S23 Hyd 3UNov 2025 @ $29,725$41,4290.1657-$33,190-71%
Canaan Avalon Nano 3Nov 2025 @ $159$1,0150.0004-$1,014-97%
Canaan Avalon A15 ProNov 2025 @ $3,013$4,8680.0305-$4,034-62%
MicroBT Whatsminer M73Dec 2025 @ $8,103$11,7390.0639-$9,525-65%
MicroBT Whatsminer M73SDec 2025 @ $10,135$14,4820.0698-$11,722-67%
Bitmain Antminer S23e Hyd 2UJan 2026 @ $19,506$27,6330.1036-$22,604-73%
MicroBT Whatsminer M63S++Feb 2026 @ $4,852$7,8500.0482-$6,293-62%
MicroBT Whatsminer M70Feb 2026 @ $2,976$4,8180.0241-$3,969-67%
MicroBT Whatsminer M65SMar 2026 @ $2,816$5,1020.0373-$4,307-59%
Bitdeer SealMiner A2 Pro AirApr 2026 @ $3,096$4,9800.0211-$4,252-71%
Bitdeer SealMiner A3 HydApr 2026 @ $6,663$10,2950.0412-$8,744-72%
Bitdeer SealMiner A3 Pro HydApr 2026 @ $9,898$14,6620.0548-$12,408-74%
MicroBT Whatsminer M66S+Apr 2026 @ $2,379$4,1670.0231-$3,511-65%
MicroBT Whatsminer M60S+Apr 2026 @ $1,770$3,1900.0150-$2,763-69%
MicroBT Whatsminer M60S++Apr 2026 @ $2,159$3,7150.0169-$3,130-69%
MicroBT Whatsminer M74SApr 2026 @ $3,710$5,8090.0226-$4,888-73%
Bitmain Antminer S21j XP HydApr 2026 @ $5,987$9,3820.0358-$7,856-73%
MicroBT Whatsminer M70SApr 2026 @ $3,223$5,1510.0190-$4,408-74%
MicroBT Whatsminer M74S+Apr 2026 @ $4,628$7,0480.0240-$5,994-75%
Canaan Avalon A15Apr 2026 @ $999$2,1490.0144-$1,821-61%
Bitmain Antminer S21e XP HydApr 2026 @ $5,686$8,9760.0303-$7,782-76%
MicroBT Whatsminer M66May 2026 @ $1,894$3,6330.0180-$3,282-69%
Bitmain Antminer S21 XP ImmersionMay 2026 @ $3,844$5,7780.0185-$5,051-77%

Bitcoin machines only: we do not hold daily price history for other chains, so scoring their hardware would be guesswork.