GoMining Maintenance Fees: The Number That Decides Everything

This page explains how GoMining's maintenance fees work.

Maintenance fees are the central cost of a Digital Miner. Everything else, bonus TH/s, VIP multipliers, cashback, sits on top of this calculation.

How the fee works

Each Digital Miner carries a daily electricity and maintenance fee, charged per TH/s. The rate depends on the miner's energy efficiency, expressed in watts per terahash (W/TH).

• A modern, efficient miner might run at ~15 W/TH
• An older, cheaper miner might run at 30+ W/TH

The efficient miner costs more to buy and less to run. The inefficient one costs less upfront and more every day, forever.

Fees can be paid in GOMINING tokens for a discount of up to 20% {{VERIFY}}, and VIP tiers reduce them further, see the VIP breakdown.

The break-even calculation

Your daily profit is:

daily profit = (your TH/s ÷ network hashrate × daily block rewards × BTC price) − daily maintenance fee

Set that to zero and solve for BTC price. That's your break-even. Above it, you earn. Below it, your costs exceed your rewards.

Three things move against you over time:

1. Network difficulty rises. More global hashrate means your fixed TH/s earns a smaller share. This trend is relentless and near-monotonic.
2. Halvings cut block rewards. Roughly every four years, the reward per block halves, see how halvings hit miners.
3. Your maintenance fee doesn't fall. It's denominated in energy costs, not Bitcoin.

Meanwhile only one thing moves in your favour: BTC price appreciation. The entire thesis of buying a Digital Miner reduces to "Bitcoin will rise faster than difficulty rises."

That may well be true. But state it plainly, because it's the actual bet you're making, not "earning passive income."

The efficiency trap

New buyers routinely optimise for the wrong thing: they buy the cheapest TH/s available.

Cheap TH/s is cheap because it's inefficient, and inefficient hashrate has a higher break-even price. In a downturn, the low-efficiency miners are the first to become unprofitable, and they stay unprofitable longest.

The counterintuitive rule: in a low-price environment, efficient miners with a low W/TH cost less to run, while inefficient miners cost more to run. Buy on W/TH, not on price per TH/s.

Model both scenarios in our calculator before deciding. Compare a 15 W/TH miner and a 30 W/TH miner at a BTC price 40% below today's. The gap is larger than most people expect.

What to do about it

• Know your break-even price before purchase
• Prefer efficiency over raw terahash count
• Pay fees in GOMINING if the discount makes sense
• Have an exit plan, miners are tradable on the secondary market
• Size it appropriately Know your break-even price before purchase, and write it down
• Prefer efficiency over raw terahash count
• Pay fees in GOMINING if the discount exceeds the token's to you
• Have an exit plan. Miners are tradable on the secondary market; know at what point you'd sell
• Size it appropriately.

Our full GoMining review covers the platform-level questions. This page covers the math.

FAQ

How much are GoMining maintenance fees? Charged daily per TH/s, scaling with the miner's W/TH efficiency rating {{VERIFY current rates}}.

Can maintenance fees exceed my mining rewards? Yes. Below your break-even Bitcoin price, maintenance fees are larger than the value of your rewards.

Can I stop paying fees? You can sell or dispose of the miner. You cannot hold a miner and decline the fee.

Do fees go up over time? The rate is tied to energy costs. Your effective cost per Bitcoin earned rises as difficulty rises, even if the rate holds steady.

Does paying in GOMINING tokens save money? Up to 20% off {{VERIFY}}, but you take on token price exposure to get it.