Mining economics · scenario calculator

Know the costs
behind the hash rate.

Estimate electricity, pool fees, net operating income and a simple hardware payback period. Enter a gross daily revenue estimate from a pool or mining calculator you trust; CryptoWave does not present this scenario as a live earnings quote.

Mining cost and break-even estimate

All amounts use USD. Change the assumptions to match your device, tariff and pool. The calculation assumes your gross revenue estimate is for 24 hours at full operation.

Gross mining revenue / day ($) Device power (watts) Electricity price ($ / kWh) Pool fee (%) Expected uptime (%) Hardware cost ($)

Estimated net / day—After estimated pool fee and electricity

Power cost / day—Uptime-adjusted electricity consumption

Pool fee / day—Applied to uptime-adjusted gross revenue

Estimated net / 30 days—Assumes unchanged inputs for 30 days

Break-even electricity price—Operating break-even; excludes hardware and other costs

Simple hardware payback—Only shown when estimated net is positive

Important: This is an arithmetic scenario, not a forecast. Mining revenue, coin price, network difficulty, pool payouts, rejected shares, cooling, taxes and hardware wear can change. Use current external estimates and verify the pool’s published fee and payout rules.

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How to use this mining profitability calculator

Start with a gross revenue estimate for the specific device, algorithm and coin you intend to mine. Enter that estimate before electricity and pool fees. Then add the device’s wall power draw—not only the chip’s rated consumption—and your actual all-in electricity price. The result subtracts a pool fee from uptime-adjusted gross revenue and electricity cost from uptime-adjusted power use.

What the break-even figure means

The break-even electricity price is the maximum energy tariff at which the entered gross estimate covers pool fees and electricity alone. It does not include the purchase price of equipment, cooling, internet, hosting, maintenance, taxes, financing or downtime outside the uptime assumption. The payback estimate divides hardware cost by the calculated daily net. It is deliberately simple and should not be read as a promised return or investment recommendation.

Why estimates move

Mining revenue depends on competition for block rewards, protocol rules, network difficulty, pool luck or payout method, transaction fees and the market value of rewards. Electricity is only one operating cost. Compare a range of revenue and tariff scenarios, read the selected pool’s current documentation, and leave room for outages and changing conditions.