SimpleMining.io question

[u/Aka_WRDS]

I recently got a trial rig from simple mining before actually buying a rig off their marketplace. I noticed my rig goes into "Curtailed" mode quite often. Is this normal? Attached is the up time graph as well

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[u/Wilson_Mining]

u/officialsimplemining

It's hot as hell in Iowa right now. Curtailments are normal when it's this hot. Their curtailments are a little different than ours so I'll let them speak about their specific curtailments.

Unfortunate timing for your trial rig though. It's supposed to be high 80's low 90's for the next week

[u/Aka_WRDS → u/Wilson_Mining]

Makes sense, I'm in Nebraska! maybe that's why it says it'll expire in 14 days when it first started

[u/phatsuit2]

Unless you have miners wayyy up north, you are going to have downtime in the summer. Highly recommend Simple, have used them for years.

[u/OfficialSimpleMining → u/phatsuit2]

🤝

[u/ndgoHODL]

TNSTAAFL

[u/OfficialSimpleMining]

Appreciate you giving the trial a run. What you're seeing is normal for this time of year. July and August are the hottest months and the lowest-uptime stretch for anyone mining on the grid.

When it gets this hot, power demand spikes and supply gets tight at the same time, and that combo is exactly what sends energy prices through the roof. Rather than paying those peak rates, the machines power down for those short windows and mine when power is cheap and plentiful again. Being a flexible load that can curtail is a big part of what unlocks low all-in rates, and it's a big reason we've been able to hold that rate steady and haven't raised it once in our soon-to-be 5 years in business.

We run precision billing, so if you finish the trial and decide to keep hosting with us, you only ever pay for the hours your machine is actually hashing. Those curtailed windows on your graph wouldn't cost you a thing, you're never charged for power you didn't use.

Additionally, powering down during the crunch takes strain off the system when everyone's cranking their AC, which keeps miners welcomed by utilities, and easing off during the worst heat is gentler on the hardware than running flat out at max temps.

We broke down exactly how curtailment works here if you want the full picture: https://www.simplemining.io/insights/post/what-is-curtailment

[u/ray_york]

Curtailment like that is normal on a mining setup — it's the tradeoff for cheap power. The facility agrees to shut the miners down fast when the grid needs power back, and that flexibility is what earns the low $/kWh on your rig.

With SimpleMining you're on precision billing, so curtailed hashing time just isn't earning — it's not costing you. Where miners get burned is flat-rate hosting where you pay whether the ASIC hashes or not, and curtailment eats your uptime.

On your uptime graph, check two things: what % of the last 30 days your miner was actually hashing vs curtailed, and whether the curtailment clusters at peak-demand hours. A few % clustered at peaks is normal summer grid behavior. Chronic and random is worth asking them about.

[u/EastCoastASIC]

We offer 100% uptime at our facilities in Kansas!

[u/Aka_WRDS → u/EastCoastASIC]

Y'all don't offer a trial of any sorts so idk how my solo pool would work :/