General Questions about Crypto Mining
This depends on network difficulty, the hashrate of your machine(s) and the pool fees. Many calculators are available online to simulate your returns.
Yes, mining can be profitable, however, it is not a steady income guarantee, nor is it a quick-rich-scheme. Calculating long term profits can be complicated. Ask for our expert advise to avoid surprises.
This is – mostly – a seafreight container, specifically designed to be able to host ASIC miners and/or GPU-rigs. You have different forms and qualities of a Bitcoin mining container. The exercise buyers should do when purchasing a mining container comes down to “price per kWh”. When the price is too low, most of the time this will have an effect on the uptime of your miners, since constructors of your BTC mining container will have made quality trade-offs on electrical components. When the price is too high, this will affect your business case, since it will be eating your margins.
This depends on:
• The type/length of container
• The type of miner you’d like to place into the container
• The power cabinet built inside a blockchain mining container
• Most containers can fit at least 160 S19 form-factor miners inside a 20ft sea freight container. Of course, if your power cabinet is heavy enough and according safety regulations to keep all this power consumption under control.
Yes, this is sometimes even a lot easier and more flexible than a building, since mining containers are modular, plug & play, have shorter lead times, often require no permits and can be transported easily.
Yes, absolutely. Of course this largely depends on your site requirements in terms of regulations, electrics and climate conditions. Our Kontena consultants are available to discuss the optimal configuration for your specific project.
Prices can vary significantly. Are you interested in purchasing a mining container? Then take into calculations the following base-rule-question: what is the “price per kWh”. When the price is too low, most of the time this will influence the uptime of your miners, since constructors of your BTC mining container will have made quality trade-offs on electrical, (air) filtration and airflow components. When the price is too high, this will affect your business case, since it will be eating your margins.
This depends on a project to project base. At Kontena, for bespoke containers, we offer lead-times between 5 to 10 weeks depending on configuraton and availability. Containers from stock in general ship at around 3 weeks if no customization is required. Please contact us for planning and scheduling.
Before installation, some thought needs to be put into the place and orientation of the container, to ensure protection against wind and rainfall, security and cable lengths for power connection. The flexibility of a containerized solution will ensure an optimal position can be found for each situation.
Crypto mining containers are usually connected to a 400V power source in 3P+N setup. If higher voltage is available, a transformer will be required.
The power consumption of a container depends on the number of miners inside the container, the size of the container and the type of miners.
•Typical consumption ranges from 150kW for a GPU container up to 1MW or more for an ASIC container.
Auxiliary power consumption (non mining) is generally negligible. Additional cooling or ventilation can however add to the total power consumption.