Historical Fleet Analysis
This page analyzes historical ASIC models to understand profitability patterns across the entire industry. Adjust the energy price assumption to see how mining economics change over time. Data is pre-computed and cached for performance—heavy calculations run on-demand.
ANALYSIS PARAMETERS
Energy Cost
Price
Release Year Range
to
Manufacturers
Total Models
analyzed
Manufacturers
brands
Always Profitable
models to date
Avg Profitable %
of lifetime
Median Profitable %
of lifetime
Data Range
analysis period
PROFITABILITY BY CALENDAR DATE
Daily Profit Across All ASICs (USD) White dashed line = average · Shaded area = 95% confidence band
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PROFITABILITY BY DAYS SINCE LAUNCH
Profit Decay After Release (USD) Shows how profitability changes as ASICs age · Vertical line = average zero-cross
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Avg Zero-Cross
days until unprofitable
Longest Profitable
Shortest Profitable
Average Days
profitable
ALWAYS-PROFITABLE ASICS
These ASICs have never had an unprofitable day since their release at the current energy price assumption. They represent the most resilient mining hardware in the industry's history.
Always-Profitable Timeline Sorted by time in service (oldest at top)
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Model Manufacturer Hashrate (TH/s) Efficiency (W/TH) Release Date Days Since Launch
PROFITABILITY TIMELINE (GANTT)
Visual timeline showing when each ASIC was profitable (green) or unprofitable (red). Sorted by release date with newest at top. This is a computationally intensive visualization.
ASIC Profitability Gantt (Latest 50 Models)
Profitable
Unprofitable
Sorted by release date (newest at top)
ANALYSIS BY MANUFACTURER
Days Profitable by Manufacturer (Box Plot) Shows distribution of profitability duration across each manufacturer's product line
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ANALYSIS BY RELEASE YEAR
Profitability % by Release Year Average percentage of lifetime spent profitable by ASIC release year
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DAYS PROFITABLE DISTRIBUTION
Distribution Histogram
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Statistical Bands
Percentile Band Range (Days)
COST TO BUILD 1 EH/s
Estimated cost to deploy 1 EH/s (1,000,000 TH/s) of mining capacity using different efficiency cohorts. Based on current secondary market pricing estimates.
Infrastructure Cost by Efficiency Cohort
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Cohort Median Efficiency Median Hashrate Price/TH Cost per EH ASICs Needed Models
Methodology & Calculations

Daily Profit Calculation

For each ASIC model and each day since its release:

  • Daily BTC Mined = (ASIC Hashrate / Network Hashrate) × 144 blocks × Block Reward
  • Daily Revenue = Daily BTC Mined × BTC Price (on that day)
  • Daily Energy Cost = (Watts / 1000) × 24 hours × Energy Price (¢/kWh) / 100
  • Daily Profit = Daily Revenue − Daily Energy Cost

Block Rewards

Historical block rewards are adjusted for each halving epoch:

  • Before Nov 2012: 50 BTC
  • Nov 2012 - Jul 2016: 25 BTC
  • Jul 2016 - May 2020: 12.5 BTC
  • May 2020 - Apr 2024: 6.25 BTC
  • Apr 2024 onwards: 3.125 BTC

Zero-Cross Day

The "zero-cross day" is the first day when the average daily profit across all ASICs (at a given days-since-launch) becomes negative. This represents when the "typical" ASIC becomes unprofitable.

Always-Profitable ASICs

These are ASICs where every single day from release to present has had positive profit. This is typically only possible for very recent, highly efficient models.

Data Sources

  • Network hashrate: Derived from block difficulty
  • BTC price: Historical daily close prices
  • ASIC specifications: Manufacturer published data