How to compare Bitcoin mining hosting providers

01Match the miner and the reporting dates

Start with the same model variant, hashrate and cooling type if both hosts have a suitable offer. Record the listing URL, price, hosting tariff and stopped-miner storage charge. Then open each provider’s delivery report and pick the same completed UTC dates. A model specification shows what the equipment is rated for; stock and pricing come from the current listing.

• Find providers and their reports
• See offers for the same S21 XP variant

02Separate actual delivery from a pre-sale estimate

Actual client delivery compares work delivered to purchased miners with their time-weighted nominal obligation during active, unpaused time. It measures delivered work, rather than physical machine uptime. On 9 November the Hashlabs report still showed Estimated hashrate delivery and No client purchases yet. Its row for 7 November showed a 97.15% estimate for one 270 TH/s reference miner, with 99.4% of minutes observed and gaps counted as zero. That row is a pre-sale capacity estimate. Use a separate column for it and leave actual client delivery unknown when the report has no client history.

• Read the current Hashlabs report and coverage

03Read the same seven UTC days side by side

On 1 to 7 November both Cyberian Mine and NMine had daily actual-client records. Cyberian Mine ranged from 79.0% to 85.0%, with 419 to 428 purchased miners in the daily rows. NMine ranged from 17.07% to 59.32%, with seven miners in each row. These are daily ranges for the selected week; the fleet size and obligation differ.

Open the daily rows for 7 November. Cyberian Mine shows 77.07 PH/s delivered against 90.68 PH/s obligation, or 84.99%, across 428 purchased miners. NMine shows 674.3 TH/s against 1.74 PH/s of obligation, or 38.86%, across seven. The report calculates percentages before rounding the displayed hashrates. NMine rose from 17.07% on 3 November to 59.32% on 4 November, then recorded 38.86% on 7 November. Use the dates and coverage to describe the change. The reports do not establish its cause or the future performance of one listing.

• Open Cyberian Mine’s actual delivery rows
• Open NMine’s actual delivery rows

04Test the offer under more than one delivery assumption

On 9 November the Cyberian Mine example was an air-cooled 270 TH/s Antminer S21 XP at $2,800 and $0.069/kWh, with one unit listed. The same model was offered by Hashlabs at $3,200 and $0.059/kWh. The lower tariff is one input; check the purchase price, billing basis and available evidence before choosing.

In the calculator, select Cyberian Mine and the exact air-cooled 270 TH/s S21 XP, then choose Use listing terms on the matching $2,800 offer. Open Pool fees, monthly difficulty growth and other assumptions. Set Delivered output (%) to 79, then 85. Keep the other inputs fixed. On a 270 TH/s unit those inputs correspond to 213.3 and 229.5 TH/s in the scenario.

With 3,645 W and $0.069/kWh, the calculator shows $4.77 and $5.13 per day under Delivered output. Under Full power (conservative), the nameplate scenario shows $6.04 per day. Read estimated BTC output separately. The scenario uses a provider-level range and excludes hardware and stopped-miner storage. Actual charges follow confirmed delivery and accepted terms.

• Test a model and provider in the calculator
• Inspect the dated S21 XP example and current terms

05Review the exact listing before signing in

Recheck the current stock, purchase price, rate protection, charging basis and storage terms. On Open Mine, the provider-backed lifetime warranty and automatic hashrate failover apply while the miner remains hosted with that provider and the account is in good standing. Failover depends on the available hashrate in that provider’s warranted fleet. Read the coverage and limits before signing in. If the listing suits your needs, choose Sign in to buy on its page. The sign-in flow keeps the selected listing so you can review its terms before purchase.

• Read the lifetime warranty and failover conditions