Need some guidance for my thesis on Bitcoin mining

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hash2020Member
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#1Jun 9, 2026, 04:09 AM
Hey everyone, so here's the deal. I chose to focus my thesis on how profitable Bitcoin mining is in my country. Honestly, I kinda knew the answer already, but it seemed like a fun project to dive into. I bought an antminer s5 to kick off my mining journey. But after just 3 days, my wife was losing it over the noise, convinced the house was gonna catch fire, so I had to shut it down. Now I'm stuck without any data to support my research. I was hoping someone here could share any mining data from the past 6 months that I could use. Thanks a lot!
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ledger23Full Member
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#2Jun 9, 2026, 08:09 AM
Use any of the mining difficulty calculators and it can simulate data, no need for actual mining.
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hash2020Member
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#3Jun 9, 2026, 09:57 AM
Yes but would this factor in luck of finding a block if i was in a pool.
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AtomicStakeFull Member
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#4Jun 11, 2026, 02:26 AM
Mining calculators work on statistical modeling of expected earnings.  There is no guarantee of actually making the expected earnings.  For example, had a user been mining on my pool since it began, they would have made approximately 25% more than expected values.  Looking at Kano's pool, you can see a lifetime earnings of over 106% of expectations.
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hash2020Member
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#5Jun 11, 2026, 04:52 AM
Yes i was thinking that which is why i think i need some real raw data to work off.
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dan1337Full Member
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#6Jun 11, 2026, 11:10 AM
You need to tell us in which country you live. Because if it isn't someone who's living in your country, results might not be exact, because of the electricity price, of the heat, etc.
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hash2020Member
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#7Jun 11, 2026, 01:13 PM
I am in Ireland, i am not sure is anyone else here from Ireland here mining. Would it matter what country i am in when i just need the data of actual bitcoin that was mined. I can adjust it then for electricity prices in my area
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#8Jun 12, 2026, 03:58 AM
Sounds as if you have already learnt a lot about the realities of mining, the noise, the electrical consumption. In Ireland the S5 would not even mine enough to cover your electricity cost. Best of luck with your Thesis.  Perhaps you may like to change it to the effect of the halving on mining.
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0xOmegaNewbie
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#9Jun 13, 2026, 08:46 AM
Hi there, I have a 15 th/s farm and i could spare one antminer s5 to your purpose. I could give weekly reports and mine on any pool you would like. I am in the southern USA but i think this may work. PM Me or reply thanks!!
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#10Jun 13, 2026, 11:04 AM
Could you not just use a mining pools data?   Or look at the blockchain?  Each pool would be different on results unless your talking PPS.   So I would suggest pick a pool and use their data. One thing worth noting 6 months of previous data will look different then the next 6 months.  With having it's hard to say a lot of what will happen and pricing is also hard.   So I think you need to decide if 6  previous months data will work if so it is very easy.  Or if you need 6 months of you doing it personally.  I guess this might depend on what the thesis is for.
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AtomicStakeFull Member
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#11Jun 13, 2026, 03:48 PM
If you're just looking for raw data, kano.is has plenty of publicly available from which you can see luck stats, etc.  I ran a thread for a year giving results of my experience mining on p2pool.  While I ended that in December (was running my own pool at that point), it does contain a year's worth of actual mining data.  You can find that thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=891298.0
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hash2020Member
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#12Jun 13, 2026, 06:47 PM
Thanks everyone for your help, I have said it before but this place is really full of some decent people. Thanks again.
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dan1337Full Member
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#13Jun 13, 2026, 10:41 PM
There's also the heat factor that needs to be taken in account. But in Ireland, there shouldn't have any problem I think.
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0xShardMember
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#14Jun 14, 2026, 01:10 AM
I think that OP has done his Thesis already. I would be happy to read it btw if it's not top secret of course. I'm sure not only me is interested, so OP, please share your work if it's possible.
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fork_2019Member
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#15Jun 14, 2026, 01:24 AM
Hi you can just user mining calculator and thus you will Able to get data and that's so simple. And I I hope that there some mining calculator like https://coinwarz.com This is just a good website where you can find good data regarding Crypto mining power and also like How many of electricity cost will be per month and also how Kuch profits and also losses.
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