Quote from: BitcoinJacob on December 16, 2016, 06:58:24 PM

Thank you, I definitely take your point.

But is mining consistent enough where you know for sure that you will make (in your scenario) $37 per day, or is it $30 some days and $45 other days?

If so, might you be willing to lease it for $36.50 to guarantee predictability?

--Jacob

Mining is anything but consistent. Count on it varying wildly as your second example, $30 profit some days, $45 other days with an even greater degree of volatility than this. This is not only influenced by the price, but the moving of hash-rate to more profitable coins. When wearing your mining hat, you are also forced to wear one of a speculator as well, as some days the profitability of a given coin may be low but the hash-rate also fell off. So you may want to mine that particular coin in the hopes that the price recovers somewhat in the future. This means at times you may need to mine and hold versus realizing immediate profit and is always risky.