{"id":1997,"date":"2026-09-30T07:08:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinro.io\/zcash-mining-calculator\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:19:23","slug":"zcash-mining-calculator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coinro.io\/ro\/zcash-mining-calculator\/","title":{"rendered":"Zcash Mining Calculator 2026: Z15 Pro Profit &#038; Breakeven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.crm{--bg:#080a0f;--s1:#0d1118;--s2:#11161f;--s3:#161c27;--line:rgba(232,237,245,.09);--line2:rgba(232,237,245,.16);--ink:#e8edf5;--mut:#9aa6b8;--dim:#6b778a;--teal:#1ee7a6;--teal2:#12b886;--amber:#f5b94a;--red:#ff6b6b;--blue:#6ea8ff;font-family:Archivo,system-ui,sans-serif;color:var(--ink);line-height:1.65;font-size:17px;max-width:880px;margin:0 auto}.crm *{box-sizing:border-box}.crm h1,.crm h2,.crm h3,.crm h4{color:var(--ink)!important;font-family:Fraunces,Georgia,serif;letter-spacing:-.01em;line-height:1.18}.crm 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class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span>Mining calculator \u00b7 Equihash \u00b7 live network data<\/div>\n<h1>Zcash Mining Calculator: Is a Z15 Pro Worth Buying After ZEC&#8217;s 71% Run?<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lede\">Pick your Antminer, enter your power price, and read the ZEC price where that machine breaks even. The calculator pulls the live Zcash network hashrate and price, then projects up to 48 months with difficulty growth and the third halving built in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline\">By Coinro Research \u00b7 Updated 30 Sep 2026 \u00b7 Data: zec.2miners.com, CoinGecko, zips.z.cash, asicminervalue.com<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"live\">\n<div><div class=\"k\">ZEC price<\/div><div class=\"v\" id=\"zecl-px\">$1,397<\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"k\">24h<\/div><div class=\"v\" id=\"zecl-ch\">&#8230;<\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"k\">Market cap<\/div><div class=\"v\" id=\"zecl-mc\">&#8230;<\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"k\">Network hashrate<\/div><div class=\"v\" id=\"zecl-net\">30.06 GSol\/s<\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"k\">Miner reward per block<\/div><div class=\"v\" id=\"zecl-rw\">1.25 ZEC<\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"k\">Avg block time<\/div><div class=\"v\" id=\"zecl-bt\">76.0 s<\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"k\">Miner share of subsidy<\/div><div class=\"v\">80%<\/div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"k\">Blocks to halving<\/div><div class=\"v\" id=\"zecl-hv\">905,216 blocks<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"src\" id=\"zecl-src\">Loading live data&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coinro.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/coinro-hero-zcash.jpg\" alt=\"Antminer Z15 Equihash miner with a glowing ZEC coin above it\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption>Zcash is mined with Equihash 200,9. Bitmain&#8217;s Z15 family is the Equihash ASIC line this page covers, and the machines quote hashrate in kH\/s, which means thousands of solutions per second.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"calc\" id=\"zec-calc\">\n<div class=\"calc-head\"><h2>Zcash profit calculator<\/h2><span class=\"status\">loading live data<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"presets\">\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"on\" data-p='{\"hr\":840,\"w\":2780,\"hw\":13400}'>Antminer Z15 Pro \u00b7 $13,400<\/button>\n<button type=\"button\" data-p='{\"hr\":525,\"w\":2483,\"hw\":8600}'>Antminer Z15K \u00b7 $8,600<\/button>\n<button type=\"button\" data-p='{\"hr\":420,\"w\":1510,\"hw\":5500}'>Antminer Z15 \u00b7 $5,500<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid2\">\n<div class=\"fld\"><label for=\"zec-hr\">Your hashrate (kH\/s) <output for=\"zec-hr\"><\/output><\/label><input type=\"number\" id=\"zec-hr\" value=\"840\" min=\"0\" step=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fld\"><label for=\"zec-w\">Power draw (W) <output for=\"zec-w\"><\/output><\/label><input type=\"number\" id=\"zec-w\" value=\"2780\" min=\"0\" step=\"10\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fld\"><label for=\"zec-el\">Electricity ($\/kWh) <output for=\"zec-el\" data-fmt=\"usd\"><\/output><\/label><input type=\"range\" id=\"zec-el\" min=\"0\" max=\"0.30\" step=\"0.005\" value=\"0.08\" data-fmt=\"usd\"><div class=\"hint\">US residential averages about $0.17. Hosting deals run $0.06 to $0.08.<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fld\"><label for=\"zec-fee\">Pool fee (%) <output for=\"zec-fee\"><\/output><\/label><input type=\"range\" id=\"zec-fee\" min=\"0\" max=\"3\" step=\"0.1\" value=\"1\" data-fmt=\"pct\"><div class=\"hint\">2Miners lists 1.0% on its ZEC pool.<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fld\"><label for=\"zec-px\">ZEC price ($) <output for=\"zec-px\"><\/output><\/label><input type=\"number\" id=\"zec-px\" value=\"1397\" min=\"0\" step=\"10\"><div class=\"hint\">Filled live. Overwrite it to test a price target.<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fld\"><label for=\"zec-net\">Network hashrate (GSol\/s) <output for=\"zec-net\"><\/output><\/label><input type=\"number\" id=\"zec-net\" value=\"30.06\" min=\"0.1\" step=\"0.5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fld\"><label for=\"zec-hw\">Hardware cost ($) <output for=\"zec-hw\" data-fmt=\"usd\"><\/output><\/label><input type=\"number\" id=\"zec-hw\" value=\"13400\" min=\"0\" step=\"50\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fld\"><label for=\"zec-g\">Difficulty growth \/ month <output for=\"zec-g\"><\/output><\/label><input type=\"range\" id=\"zec-g\" min=\"0\" max=\"10\" step=\"0.5\" value=\"3\" data-fmt=\"pct\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fld\"><label for=\"zec-mo\">Projection (months) <output for=\"zec-mo\" data-fmt=\"mo\"><\/output><\/label><input type=\"range\" id=\"zec-mo\" min=\"6\" max=\"48\" step=\"6\" value=\"36\" data-fmt=\"mo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<div class=\"big\"><div class=\"k\">Net profit today<\/div><div class=\"v\">$0.00 \/ day<\/div><div class=\"sub\">&#8230;<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"rows\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart\"><div class=\"plot\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"assume\">Assumptions: 75-second blocks, a miner reward of 1.25 ZEC (80% of the 1.5625 ZEC subsidy), and a flat ZEC price at the value you enter. Difficulty grows monthly at your rate. At the third halving, about month 26, the calculator cuts the miner reward to 0.625 ZEC, which assumes the 20% funding share is renewed. The machine switches off in any month it would lose money. Pool luck, downtime, transaction fees and resale value are ignored.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"toc\"><b>On this page<\/b><ol>\n<li><a href=\"#zec-sec-how\">How Zcash mining pays<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#zec-sec-share\">The 80% miner share<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#zec-sec-hw\">Z15 Pro vs Z15K vs Z15<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#zec-sec-be\">The breakeven ZEC price<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#zec-sec-ex\">Worked examples<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#zec-sec-halv\">The third halving<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#zec-sec-start\">How to start<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#zec-sec-risk\">Risks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#zec-sec-vid\">Videos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#zec-sec-faq\">FAQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n\n<h2 id=\"zec-sec-how\">How Zcash mining pays you<\/h2>\n<p>Zcash is a proof-of-work chain that finds a block about every 75 seconds. The 2Miners pool API reported an average of 75.99 seconds when this page was updated, close enough to the target that the calculator uses 75. The live strip shows the current average.<\/p>\n<p>That is 1,152 blocks a day. At 1.25 ZEC of miner reward per block, the network pays out 1,440 ZEC a day to miners.<\/p>\n<p>Your share equals your hashrate divided by the network hashrate. A Z15 Pro at 840 kH\/s against 30.06 GSol\/s holds about 0.0028% of the network, which is 0.0398 ZEC a day after a 1% pool fee.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"facts\">\n<div><span class=\"k\">Algorithm<\/span><span class=\"v\">Equihash 200,9<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"k\">Block time<\/span><span class=\"v\">75 seconds target<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"k\">Block subsidy<\/span><span class=\"v\">1.5625 ZEC since the November 2024 halving<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"k\">Miner reward<\/span><span class=\"v\">1.25 ZEC per block (80%)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"k\">Next halving<\/span><span class=\"v\">Block 4,406,400, late November 2028<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"k\">Hardware<\/span><span class=\"v\">ASIC only, Bitmain Z15 family<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 id=\"zec-sec-share\">Do miners really keep only 80% of the Zcash block reward?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes. After the second halving in November 2024, the subsidy fell to 1.5625 ZEC per block. ZIP 1015 and ZIP 1016 route 8% to Zcash Community Grants and 12% to a lockbox controlled by coin holders, and ZIP 214 carries both streams to the third halving.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves miners 80%, or 1.25 ZEC. Both ZIPs are published at zips.z.cash, and the 2Miners ZEC page shows the same 1.25 ZEC block reward.<\/p>\n<p>A calculator that uses the full 1.5625 ZEC overstates your revenue by 25%. Check which number any tool uses before you trust its payback date.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"zec-sec-hw\">Antminer Z15 Pro vs Z15K vs Z15: which one earns its price?<\/h2>\n<p>Efficiency in joules per kilo-solution decides what happens when power gets expensive or the price drops. The newest machine is not the most efficient one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tbl\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Miner<\/th><th>Released<\/th><th>Hashrate<\/th><th>Power<\/th><th>Efficiency<\/th><th>Noise<\/th><th>Listed price<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Bitmain Antminer Z15 Pro<\/td><td>Jun 2023<\/td><td class=\"n\">840 kH\/s<\/td><td class=\"n\">2,780 W<\/td><td class=\"n\">3.31 J\/kH<\/td><td class=\"n\">75 dB<\/td><td class=\"n\">$13,400<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Bitmain Antminer Z15K<\/td><td>Aug 2026<\/td><td class=\"n\">525 kH\/s<\/td><td class=\"n\">2,483 W<\/td><td class=\"n\">4.73 J\/kH<\/td><td class=\"n\">75 dB<\/td><td class=\"n\">$8,600<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Bitmain Antminer Z15<\/td><td>Jun 2020<\/td><td class=\"n\">420 kH\/s<\/td><td class=\"n\">1,510 W<\/td><td class=\"n\">3.60 J\/kH<\/td><td class=\"n\">72 dB<\/td><td class=\"n\">$5,500<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<p>Source: asicminervalue.com listings read on 30 Sep 2026. The Z15K draws 43% more power per solution than the Z15 Pro.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 Z15 is the cheapest per kH\/s at $13.10, against $15.95 for the Z15 Pro and $16.38 for the Z15K. It also has the oldest silicon, so check the seller&#8217;s warranty and hours of use.<\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coinro.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/coinro-chart-zcash-breakeven.jpg\" alt=\"Line chart of breakeven ZEC price against electricity price for the Z15 Pro, Z15K and Z15\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption>At $0.10\/kWh the Z15 Pro breaks even at about $167 per ZEC, the Z15 at $182 and the Z15K at $239. The Z15K&#8217;s line climbs fastest because its efficiency is the weakest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 id=\"zec-sec-be\">What ZEC price does a Z15 Pro need to break even?<\/h2>\n<p>The breakeven price is your daily electricity bill divided by the ZEC you mine per day. At $0.08\/kWh a Z15 Pro costs $5.34 a day to run and mines 0.0398 ZEC, so the power-only breakeven is $134 per ZEC.<\/p>\n<p>ZEC trades at $1,397, rank 10 by market cap at $23.7B on CoinGecko, after a 71.2% gain in 30 days. The price could fall about 90% before daily revenue stops covering power.<\/p>\n<p>That number flatters the machine. It ignores the $13,400 you paid, and it ignores that difficulty will rise as other miners buy the same hardware.<\/p>\n<p>The calculator therefore shows a second price: the ZEC price needed to pay off the hardware within your projection window. For the Z15 Pro at $0.08\/kWh and 3% monthly difficulty growth, that price is $788 over 36 months. Read that row as your real floor.<\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coinro.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/coinro-chart-zcash-scenarios.jpg\" alt=\"Bar chart of Antminer Z15K net result after 36 months at ZEC prices from 300 to 2000 dollars\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption>At $0.10\/kWh, the same $8,600 Z15K swings from a loss of $8,431 to a gain of $15,413 depending on where ZEC trades. The line between loss and gain sits near $1,000, well above the power-only breakeven.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 id=\"zec-sec-ex\">Worked examples: a Z15K at $0.10 and a Z15 Pro at $0.17<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\"><span class=\"t\">Example 1<\/span>\n<p>You buy a Z15K for $8,600 and pay $0.10\/kWh. With ZEC at $1,397 and the network at 30.06 GSol\/s, it mines 0.0249 ZEC a day, worth $34.78.<\/p>\n<p>It burns 59.6 kWh, which costs $5.96. That leaves $28.82 a day, or $877 a month. With difficulty up 3% a month, you pay the machine off in month 13 and hold $6,204 of profit after 36 months.<\/p>\n<p>Now halve ZEC to about $700. The same machine ends 36 months at minus $3,712 and switches itself off in month 27.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"example\"><span class=\"t\">Example 2<\/span>\n<p>You buy a Z15 Pro for $13,400 and pay $0.17\/kWh, the US residential average. Difficulty grows 6% a month as more Z15-class hardware lands on the network.<\/p>\n<p>It nets $44.31 a day at launch. It pays back in month 22, turns unprofitable in month 27, and finishes the 36 months with $303. You carried two years of price risk for almost no return.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both examples use the calculator&#8217;s defaults for everything not stated, so you can reproduce them by typing the inputs in.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"zec-sec-halv\">The third halving cuts your reward in about 26 months<\/h2>\n<p>The third Zcash halving happens at block 4,406,400, per ZIP 214. The 2Miners API puts the chain at block 3,501,184, so 905,216 blocks remain, roughly 786 days at 75 seconds, or late November 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The subsidy then drops from 1.5625 to 0.78125 ZEC. The 8% and 12% funding streams are specified to end at that height, so miners could keep all 0.78125 ZEC if nobody renews them.<\/p>\n<p>The calculator takes the cautious path. It halves your 1.25 ZEC to 0.625 ZEC, which assumes the 20% split continues. If the streams lapse, your real revenue after month 26 would be 25% higher than shown.<\/p>\n<p>One more rule change could arrive earlier. ZIP 218, still a draft, proposes cutting the block time to 25 seconds at the NU7 upgrade, with a third of the reward per block. Daily issuance would stay the same.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"pc\">\n<div class=\"pro\"><h4>Works for you<\/h4><ul><li>At $0.08\/kWh, power eats under 10% of a Z15 Pro&#8217;s revenue<\/li><li>Live hashrate and price come from two public APIs you can check<\/li><li>The power-only breakeven sits near a tenth of today&#8217;s price<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"con\"><h4>Works against you<\/h4><ul><li>Each new Z15K plugged in adds hashrate and lowers every other miner&#8217;s share<\/li><li>The reward halves in late 2028<\/li><li>A $13,400 machine needs the price to hold for about a year<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 id=\"zec-sec-start\">How to start mining Zcash<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"steps\">\n<li><b>Price your power first.<\/b> Take your all-in rate per kWh from your bill, then run the three presets. The Z15 Pro pulls 2,780 W, so budget a dedicated 240 V circuit.<\/li>\n<li><b>Buy from a source that ships and supports.<\/b> Order from Bitmain or a reseller with an address and a warranty. Compare the listed price against asicminervalue.com first.<\/li>\n<li><b>Create a ZEC wallet.<\/b> Use a wallet that supports Zcash, such as Zashi, or a hardware wallet. Write down the seed offline.<\/li>\n<li><b>Pick a pool.<\/b> 2Miners charges 1.0% and its ZEC minimum payout is 0.1 ZEC. Compare that against other pools before you commit.<\/li>\n<li><b>Point the miner.<\/b> Enter the stratum URL and your wallet address in the miner&#8217;s web panel. Check the pool dashboard after 30 minutes for accepted shares.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<div class=\"note warn\"><span class=\"t\">Noise and heat<\/span><p>Each Z15 model is rated 72 to 75 dB. The Z15 Pro turns 2.78 kW into heat all day, so plan ventilation and the room before the purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<h2 id=\"zec-sec-risk\">Risks to price in<\/h2>\n<div class=\"note risk\"><span class=\"t\">Before you buy hardware<\/span><p>As of 30 Sep 2026 the ZEC price had risen 71.2% in 30 days and fallen 12.2% in the last 7. Your payback depends on a price you do not control.<\/p><p>New supply matters as much. The Z15K was released on 19 Aug 2026, and every unit plugged in raises difficulty for the machines already running. Type a lower price and higher difficulty growth into the calculator before you order.<\/p><p>ASIC resale value also collapses when a more efficient model ships. The Z15 Pro dates from 2023, so a better machine can land at any time.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<h2 id=\"zec-sec-vid\">Zcash mining videos worth watching<\/h2>\n<figure><div class=\"vid\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0xoOoEOorSY\" title=\"Red Panda Mining: Don't Buy the Z15 Pro Until You Watch This\" loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>Red Panda Mining titles this a Zcash mining profit warning about the Z15 Pro. Watch it for the bear case, then type its assumptions into the calculator above.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><div class=\"vid\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9D396KzoIrI\" title=\"AlbertaHash: Antminer Z15 vs Z15K vs Z15 Pro comparison\" loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>AlbertaHash compares the three Z15 models side by side. It is a useful cross-check for the efficiency table above.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 id=\"zec-sec-faq\">Zcash mining FAQ<\/h2>\n<div class=\"faq\">\n<details><summary>Is Zcash mining profitable in 2026?<\/summary><p>At ZEC $1,397 and $0.08\/kWh, a Z15 Pro nets about $50 a day, and its power-only breakeven is near $134 per ZEC. Hardware payback is the harder test. It takes about 11 months at 3% monthly difficulty growth, so your purchase date matters.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>How much ZEC does a Z15 Pro mine per day?<\/summary><p>About 0.0398 ZEC a day after a 1% pool fee, worth roughly $55.65 at $1,397. That assumes 840 kH\/s against a 30.06 GSol\/s network. The figure shrinks whenever more miners join the network, so recheck the live hashrate before you buy a machine.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>What is the breakeven ZEC price for mining?<\/summary><p>Divide your daily electricity cost by your daily ZEC output. At $0.10\/kWh that gives about $167 for a Z15 Pro, $182 for a Z15 and $239 for a Z15K. Paying off the hardware needs a much higher price, which the calculator shows in a separate row.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>How much of the Zcash block reward do miners get?<\/summary><p>Miners get 80%, or 1.25 ZEC of the 1.5625 ZEC subsidy. ZIP 1015 and ZIP 1016 send 8% to Zcash Community Grants and 12% to a lockbox. Both streams are set to end at the third halving, so the split could change after late 2028.<\/p><\/details>\n<details><summary>When is the next Zcash halving?<\/summary><p>At block 4,406,400, which is about 905,216 blocks away today. At 75 seconds per block that lands in late November 2028. The subsidy then falls from 1.5625 ZEC to 0.78125 ZEC per block, and the calculator models that cut from about month 26 of your projection.<\/p><\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>More mining and staking calculators<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cards\">\n<a class=\"card\" href=\"\/kaspa-mining-calculator\/\"><span class=\"tag\">kHeavyHash ASIC<\/span><span class=\"nm\">Kaspa<\/span><span class=\"ds\">Is a KS7 still profitable with the monthly emission cut?<\/span><\/a>\n<a class=\"card\" href=\"\/monero-mining-calculator\/\"><span class=\"tag\">CPU + RandomX ASIC<\/span><span class=\"nm\">Monero<\/span><span class=\"ds\">Your CPU against Bitmain&#8217;s new X9.<\/span><\/a>\n<a class=\"card\" href=\"\/pearl-prl-mining-calculator\/\"><span class=\"tag\">GPU \u00b7 useful work<\/span><span class=\"nm\">Pearl<\/span><span class=\"ds\">Mine PRL with an RTX 5090 or H100.<\/span><\/a>\n<a class=\"card\" href=\"\/crypto-mining-calculators\/\"><span class=\"tag\">All tools<\/span><span class=\"nm\">Mining hub<\/span><span class=\"ds\">Every mining and staking calculator on Coinro.<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Want to compare mining against simply holding? Run the same budget through the <a href=\"\/crypto-roi-calculator\/\">crypto ROI calculator<\/a>, or see what staking would pay in the <a href=\"\/staking-yield-calculator\/\">staking yield calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"disc\">Estimates only, not financial advice. Mining revenue depends on network difficulty, coin price, pool luck and uptime, all of which change daily. 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