Avalon A16 mining profitability

Canaan ASIC. Mines SHA-256. At the maker on 4 November 2026: sold out, listed at $3,666.

Today the Avalon A16 earns most on Bitcoin: $10.68 a day with merge-mined coins, and $3.19 after power at $0.08 a kWh. It pays for electricity up to $0.11 a kWh, and at $0.08 its list price pays back in 37.8 months at today's revenue.

Updated 10 November 2026. Revenue is before pool fees (usually 1–2%); difficulty and price change daily. Open in the calculator to set your own power price, pool fee, quantity and difficulty growth.

Specifications

#AlgorithmHashratePowerEfficiency
1SHA-256 at the wall; 13.8 J/TH @25°C282 TH/s3,900 W13.8 J/TH

What it earns on each coin

#CoinAlgorithmEarns a dayMerge-mined on topProfit a day at $0.08BreakevenA day’s coins vs volumeLast block
1BitcoinBTCSHA-256$10.14+$0.55$3.19$0.11/kWh0.11% · sells easily21 min
2Bitcoin SVBSVSHA-256$9.47—$1.98$0.10/kWh0.27% · sells easily—
3eCashXECSHA-256$8.84—$1.35$0.094/kWh0.06% · sells easily39 min
4Bitcoin CashBCHSHA-256$7.32—−$0.17$0.078/kWh0.08% · sells easily19 min
5DigiByteDGBSHA-256$6.93—−$0.56$0.074/kWh0.19% · sells easily—
6Fractal BitcoinFB merge-mined, paid on topSHA-256$0.0026—on top—1.6% · sells easily—
7HathorHTR merge-mined, paid on topSHA-256$0.54—on top—0.09% · sells easily13 min
8ElastosELA merge-mined, paid on topSHA-256$0.000051—on top—0.02% · sells easily15 min

Figures from Canaan, checked 4 November 2026.

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