Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
Unless you're basically willing to operate at a loss, most people have stopped or will soon stop mining cryptocurrencies. This has happened before, and it will probably happen again. We'll look at the past two years of mining and how much money was made or lost on various GPUs. And in case this isn't clear, it will be an indictment of all forms of cryptocurrency mining.
2:27 - Big News of the Week
2:29 - Nvidia GeForce GTX 1630
6:08 - AMD Threadripper Pro pricing, no more HEDT
9:40 - AMD Alleged 450GB Data Hack
10:57 - Intel Raptor Lake Leaks and Rumors
12:21 - Intel's Own Arc A380 Desktop GPU Benchmarks
14:35 - Investigating Ethereum Mining Profit Potential
17:30 - Ethereum HODL approach, mining since GPU launches (3060 Ti date and data are wrong)
20:24 - HODL approach, mining since June 1, 2021 (wrong 3060 Ti date, but the data is fine; RX 6600 XT data is wrong)
23:40 - Sell as you go, mining since March 1, 2021 (or GPU launch date)
25:47 - Best-case profit (selling ETH at peak value)
29:10 - Closing thoughts, mining doesn't help the environment, etc.
30:42 - How much do cards cost on eBay right now?
34:50 - GPU mining is now at the break even point or worse
36:00 - Looking forward to RTX 40-series / Ada and RX 7000-series / RDNA3 launches, pricing thoughts
37:00 - Historical GPU launches for GTX 900- and 10-series
39:30 - People hated the RTX 20-series pricing at launch
41:15 - How much does a graphics card cost to make, wafer prices going up.
44:07 - Goodbye for real this time, thanks for watching!
Unless you're basically willing to operate at a loss, most people have stopped or will soon stop mining cryptocurrencies. This has happened before, and it will probably happen again. We'll look at the past two years of mining and how much money was made or lost on various GPUs. And in case this isn't clear, it will be an indictment of all forms of cryptocurrency mining.
2:27 - Big News of the Week
2:29 - Nvidia GeForce GTX 1630
6:08 - AMD Threadripper Pro pricing, no more HEDT
9:40 - AMD Alleged 450GB Data Hack
10:57 - Intel Raptor Lake Leaks and Rumors
12:21 - Intel's Own Arc A380 Desktop GPU Benchmarks
14:35 - Investigating Ethereum Mining Profit Potential
17:30 - Ethereum HODL approach, mining since GPU launches (3060 Ti date and data are wrong)
20:24 - HODL approach, mining since June 1, 2021 (wrong 3060 Ti date, but the data is fine; RX 6600 XT data is wrong)
23:40 - Sell as you go, mining since March 1, 2021 (or GPU launch date)
25:47 - Best-case profit (selling ETH at peak value)
29:10 - Closing thoughts, mining doesn't help the environment, etc.
30:42 - How much do cards cost on eBay right now?
34:50 - GPU mining is now at the break even point or worse
36:00 - Looking forward to RTX 40-series / Ada and RX 7000-series / RDNA3 launches, pricing thoughts
37:00 - Historical GPU launches for GTX 900- and 10-series
39:30 - People hated the RTX 20-series pricing at launch
41:15 - How much does a graphics card cost to make, wafer prices going up.
44:07 - Goodbye for real this time, thanks for watching!
