ASIC or a farm for mining? Pros, cons, pitfalls

Many have already read our past articles and began to mine. Someone assembled the farm on video cards, but there were those who preferred ASIC miners to farms. But for sure there are those who have not decided yet because they want to weigh all the pros and cons of each of the two options - we'll tell about them below.

First, it would be nice to calculate how quickly one and the second option will pay off. To do this, you can go to whattomine.com - here you just need to select your video card on the GPU tab (or select the ASIC model), and then click "calculate", after which the site will give out about such a tablet on which you can see how much you can earn per day at available capacities.

Comparing the daily earnings with the price of the farm or ASIC, you can roughly calculate how many days the purchase of the farm will pay off. Why approximately? So in fact the price for crypto currency constantly fluctuates, the number of miners is increasing with each passing day, and the complexity of mining is also constantly growing. Therefore, even in spite of the constant price growth in the dollar, observed this whole year, the miners lost a bit in profits, forcibly dividing the income with the newcomers.

Another point: in Moscow ASIC Antminer s9 costs about 250 thousand rubles, the price tag for the manufacturer on the site fluctuates around 120 thousand, but then you have to wait two to three months, and then another and carry the device to Russia, which is also not so simple. Therefore, the cost of transportation should be added to the price of the vehicle, and in case of a malfunction, for example, it is necessary to take into account the costs of transporting the miner back to China, which is also quite difficult to implement, and also costly. In addition, it should not be forgotten that the S9 bought from dealers in three ways during these couple of months can bring revenue of about one and a half thousand dollars, which is quite comparable with the price of the device from speculators.

Payback is a good thing, but each of the two options has its own merits and demerits.

The advantages of the farm are obvious:

Video cards are always on sale. Well, or almost always. Has come, bought, put - forward!

In the next two to three years they will be in demand, so they can be sold to gamers.

For the same year or three, a guarantee is given that makes it easy to replace a burned card with a new one or repair it.

The farm can be put at home - it does not make much noise, it is heated normally.

You can mine various crypto-currencies - video cards support many different algorithms.

The disadvantages of farms are not so obvious, but they are also present:

For the assembly, you need any experience and direct hands. Burn the motherboard, processor or a couple of cards - just spit.

You should also be able to install OS and software. Yes, it may seem funny, but nowadays not everyone knows how to install software on a computer.

Farms are rather cumbersome.

Usually they pay off longer ASIC.

Pros ASIC:

Works "out of the box": took out, turned on, drove the purse, began to mine.

Pays off faster than farms.

Cons ASIC:

It is long to wait for the next batch of devices to be ready at the factory, or to pay double the price for the device to the rebels.

There is a marriage, and to replace ASIC with a new one is rather complicated and not such a cheap task. Eternal deficit of spare parts and a long dispatch also will not add enthusiasm to the owner of the faulty miner.

Even one ASIC is very noisy, so putting it in an apartment is not the best option. It's good if you have a non-residential premises. Otherwise, you have to pay for his rent.

The apparatus allocates a large amount of heat, so a rent should be added to the rent and a one-time installation of good ventilation.

Usually ASIC produce crypto currency on one or two algorithms. If the usual ASIC algorithm becomes unpopular, the device will not be good for anything.

Discuss both options, you can get lazy and get acquainted with like-minded people in our chatiche .

Pools SOLO (the whole reward goes to the block found):
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Solo Music - https://solo-music.2miners.com
Solo Expanse - https://solo-exp.2miners.com
Solo ETC - https://solo-etc.2miners.com
Solo ETH - https://solo-eth.2miners.com
Solo ETP - https://solo-etp.2miners.com
Solo ZCL - https://solo-zcl.2miners.com
Solo ZEN - https://solo-zen.2miners.com

Joint PULLS (remuneration is calculated according to the PPLNS scheme):
Music - https://music.2miners.com
Expanse - https://exp.2miners.com
ETC - https://etc.2miners.com
ETH - https://eth.2miners.com
ETP - https://etp.2miners.com
ZEC - https://zec.2miners.com
ZCL - https://zcl.2miners.com/
ZEN - https://zen.2miners.com
BTG - https://btg.2miners.com

The article is based on materials https://hi-news.ru/technology/asic-ili-ferma-dlya-majninga-plyusy-minusy-podvodnye-kamni.html.