Are S19j Pros the best value right now? Factoring in $/TH up front as well as their efficiency?
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That (as always) depends.
Less esoterically, I'd assess my relative competitiveness in the market (energy price), compare that to the industry mean, and weight my assessment accordingly.
If your power cost is above average, efficiency is most important.
If your power cost is below average, capital cost becomes more important.
I'd say the industry average is about $60 MWh rn.
TLDR; if your energy cost is above $60 MWh don't buy anything but the most efficient miner available.
I would guess yes. I hear the xp have higher failure rate
Yeah, and their price point is just atrocious comparatively. Was very excited for the XPs and was very much let down.
I heard that a lot of ppl who bought Asics at the top of 60k, which would have been model j, are unloading at discount due to neg cash flow impacting ability to pay off loan for Asics. May explain the pricing diff
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I prefer the M50S for longevity purposes...
Effeciency for the dollar dont mean anything if the asic breaks cause low QC.
MicroBT>Bitmain
Its has the efficiency but the MicroBT M50S has the same effeciency when hashing in LPM
$/TH is one metric, but also consider how much more you care about energy/TH