Running a bitcoin miner has been made affordable, open and simpler with the bitaxe gamma available from hashrate.co.za
To keep it running and your chances of lucking out on the current 3.125 BTC block reward + transaction fees…how much will it cost?
The Bitcoin Gamma 601 consumes 17W per hour
So if it runs for an hour that is 17Wh (17 Watt hours)
Running it for a day will be 24 * 17 = 408 Wh or 0.408 KWh (Kilowatt hours)
In 2025, the price per KWh in resisdential areas in south africa ranges around R3.40.
So to run the Bitaxe Gamma for a day in south africa should cost R1.3872.
Running it for a year would be around R510
