Let me start with saying I love mining, I used to mine ETH back in 2017 with a 6x gtx 1060 rig... it was fun and profitable.
I was checking your post and I believe it is worth to mention about costs for those that
don't have equipment yet and are thinking about invest some money in buying/building a mining computer or rig. Let me do a small exercise for ETH mining, using the same estimated value of $540 in a year.
GPU | 1050Ti | 1070Ti |
Price USD | 160.00 | 380.00 |
$/year | 162.00 | 390.00 |
Profit | 2.00 | 10.00 |
In that period, roughly covers the cost of the GPU, so profit should come over the second year; this is without considering the rest of the equipment cost: motherboard, power supply, CPU, etc.
Now, let's also consider, if instead of buying a GPU, one buys ETH directly right now, and again using the same estimated value in a year of $540 and current price of $250.
Investment USD | 160.00 | 380.00 |
ETH | 0.64 | 1.53 |
Future Value USD | 345.60 | 826.2 |
Profit | 185.60 | 446.20 |
So, just as a complement to your post, so everyone who does not have equipment put in consideration. Those who already have it, while not using it, put some hours a day to mine and get some coins.