Hashrate, Difficulty and Reward: Three Core Mining Metrics

Farm hashrate

Hashrate is the number of computational attempts per second. Bitcoin is usually measured in TH/s and EH/s; Zcash and Equihash are commonly shown in Sol/s, KSol/s or MSol/s.

A farm's total hashrate is the sum of its individual devices adjusted for actual uptime. This is the figure submitted to a pool and used to estimate the farm's share of the work.

Why profitability changes even when the ASIC does not

When new miners join a network, difficulty or overall competition rises. The same ASIC then earns fewer coins over the same period. At the same time, the coin price and transaction fees may move in the opposite direction.

A calculator should therefore show a scenario based on current data, not promise a fixed monthly or yearly income.

• compare profit after electricity
• check sensitivity to price and difficulty
• include a reserve for downtime and repairs