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An Ethereum mining farm was discovered in the US, consisting of 78 GeForce RTX 3080 video cards manufactured by PNY. At the rate TechARP, it brings the owner $ 128,088 a year.
Simon Byrne from Las Vegas spent about $ 100,000 on the farm, with an average price of $ 1199 per card. The total power consumption of the equipment is 23.4 kW, while each card consumes about 300 watts.
Data: TechARP.
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The farm owner pays $ 2,166 per month for electricity ($ 8.43 per kWh), including additional air conditioning costs.
A single GeForce RTX 3080 card has a hash rate of around 83 MH / s using the Ethash algorithm, which should generate around 0.22236870 ETH or $ 165 per month. The entire system of 78 graphics cards should mine for a total of about 17.3 ETH or $ 12,840 per month.
After deducting energy costs, Bern makes a monthly profit of approximately $ 10,674 or $ 128,088 per year.
Recall that in June, against the background of the rise in the price of Ethereum to $ 330, Chinese miners became interested in mining the second largest cryptocurrency in terms of capitalization. However, their plans were in jeopardy. due to the shortage of video cards and increasing their value.
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