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SHA-256Hydro cooledReleased Sep 2024#11 by 24h profit

Bitmain

Antminer S21 XP Hydro

The unit that made hydro mainstream. Still 12.00 W/Th, now at secondary-market pricing.

Hashrate

473.00 Th/s

Power draw

5.68 kW

Efficiency

12.00 W/Th

Profit / 24h

$19.68

Email about this unit

Priced per unit on request — pricing moves with batch, condition and freight destination.

SHA

Technical faceplate drawing generated from this unit's own specs — board count, port layout and vent density track the real configuration. Photography available on request.

The short version

Two years on, the S21 XP Hydro remains the most widely deployed liquid-cooled miner in the world, which makes it the safest used purchase in the catalogue: parts, firmware and technicians are everywhere. Our stock is tested for 72 hours on the bench before it ships.

  • Most widely deployed hydro platform globally
  • 72-hour bench burn-in on every used unit
  • 12.00 W/Th at 473 Th/s

Full specification

Manufacturer
Bitmain
Model
Antminer S21 XP Hydro
Release
Sep 2024
Algorithm
SHA-256
Cooling
Hydro — direct liquid loop
Nameplate hashrate
473.00 Th/s
Power at the wall
5676 W
Efficiency
12.00 W/Th
Benchmark power price
$0.14/kWh
Electricity cost / 24h at benchmark
$19.07
Gross revenue / 24h
$19.68
Profit / 24h
$19.68
Data source
August 2026 dataset

Run the numbers

Break-even power price: $0.144/kWh

Gross / day

$19.29

Power / day

−$18.69

Net / day

$0.60

Net per month
$18.16
Net per year
$217.71
Margin on revenue
3.1%

Gross revenue is the catalogue figure for this unit. Net subtracts electricity at your rate only — pool fees, hosting and hardware amortisation are not included, and payouts move with network difficulty.

Where the money comes from

Best-paying SHA-256 targets over the last 24 hours.

Top coins — revenue

  • QUAISHA-256$19.68
  • PPCSHA-256$16.91
  • BTCSHA-256$16.03

Top coins — profit

  • QUAISHA-256$19.68
  • PPCSHA-256$16.91
  • BTCSHA-256$16.03

Switching targets is a firmware and pool-config change, not a hardware change. Most operators point at the top line and let a profit switcher handle the rest.

What a quote includes

  • Unit price at your order quantity
  • Lead time and current batch availability
  • Freight to your site, duties flagged separately
  • Warranty terms — new, refurbished or as-is
  • Payback estimate against your real power price

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Power
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Efficiency
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Benchmark
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Benchmark
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