Run the same hardware two ways.
ECO carries you through the dips.
Standard hosting runs around the clock — that's MAX. Cuverse adds ECO: the miner runs at full power through cheap off-peak hours and weekends, and pauses during the most expensive grid windows. Lower rate, fewer hours, and a far lower Bitcoin price at which mining stops covering its electricity. Run ECO through a downturn so the rough months don't cost you; switch back to MAX when the market recovers. You decide when.
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How ECO works
Electricity isn't a single price. It's cheap overnight and on weekends, and expensive during the daytime peaks when the grid is busiest. MAX ignores that — it runs 24/7 at a flat rate. ECO follows the clock: full power when energy is cheapest, paused during the costliest hours. Across a year that works out to roughly 63% of the hours, at a much lower average rate — and a break-even that sits well below MAX's.
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See it for yourself
Pick a miner and a market scenario. Watch where MAX slips into the red, where ECO holds, and the point where Bitcoin recovers enough to switch back.
Net result after energy cost · 12-month cycle · per miner
Energy — base MAX $0.075 · ECO $0.045 /kWh, then loyalty cashback (MAX 20% · ECO 12%) → effective ≈ $0.060 · $0.040.
Output — network reward ≈ 0.0000005032 BTC per TH/day × Bitcoin price. ECO runs the real off-peak schedule (~57% uptime).
Below each break-even, that mode stops covering its power. Above the switch-back point, MAX out-earns ECO — time to switch.
At this recovery, MAX stays positive throughout, and once Bitcoin runs above $89,033 it out-earns ECO — so you ride the upside on MAX. ECO's lower break-even ($40,609) is the cushion for when the market turns down instead.
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Two modes, one decision
When to run ECO
Soft or falling markets. ECO drops the energy rate and skips the loss-making hours, holding a far lower break-even — so the machine keeps mining and stays positive where MAX would sit in the red. A temporary mode for a temporary problem.
When to switch back to MAX
Once Bitcoin recovers past the break-even of full-time running, every hour clears its cost again. MAX then mines the most Bitcoin and nets the most — so you switch back and ride the upside. Without ECO, the dip was just losses; with it, you skipped them and kept the rally.
The takeaway isn't "ECO beats MAX." It's that you're not locked into one mode. Run ECO when the market is against you, MAX when it's with you — and the months that would have been losses simply aren't.
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You're in control
ECO isn't automated and it isn't passive. It's your hardware, and you run it — the way you'd manage any equipment you own.
Mode
Switch between MAX and ECO whenever the market calls for it.
Schedule
ECO follows the off-peak windows that keep your energy cost lowest.
Pool
Run a standard pool or connect your own with Custom Pool.
Monitoring
Track hash rate, uptime, and mining output live, anytime.
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It keeps hardware earning longer
A lower break-even is really a longer runway. As Bitcoin dips — or as a machine's efficiency slips with each passing generation — full-time running can stop covering its electricity. On ECO, the same hardware keeps paying its way at prices where MAX would be shut off. You keep older miners productive instead of retiring them at the first downturn, and you ride out rough markets without idling your fleet.
ECO extends the window in which a miner is worth running. It doesn't change the machine's physical lifespan or guarantee a profit.
~30%
lower break-even on ECO vs MAX, for the same miner — the cushion that keeps it earning through a downturn
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Two modes, same service
Whichever mining mode you choose, Cuverse platform works for you.
Monitoring & protection
24/7 telemetry, on-site engineers, repairs meters from the rack.
Payouts to your wallet
Pool → your address, on your schedule. We hold no keys, no coins.
Hosting or cloud platform
Your own miner or one from our fleet — your choice.
Loyalty cashback
Tiers reduce your effective energy cost on both infrastructures.
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FAQ
- Yes. ECO runs fewer hours, so it produces less total Bitcoin than MAX. That's the trade: ECO optimizes cost, not output. It's the right choice when full-time running wouldn't cover its electricity anyway — in those conditions, mining less but staying positive beats mining more at a loss.
- Exactly where it goes on MAX. Mining rewards are sent straight to the external Bitcoin wallet you've saved in your account — Cuverse never holds, controls, or has access to your coins. The mode changes how much you mine and what it costs, never who holds the Bitcoin.
- From your dashboard, per miner — you select the mode and the system applies it. You can move between MAX and ECO as the market changes; it's your call, not an automatic lock-in.
- During the paused peak-price hours the miner isn't drawing power, so there's no energy cost for those hours — that's the whole point of ECO. Operating costs come out of your prepaid balance only for the hours the machine actually runs. The exact fees that apply are set out in your service terms.
- ECO already runs an automatic off-peak schedule for the hours it operates. Choosing between MAX and ECO based on the market stays your decision — so you're always in control of when to optimize for output and when to optimize for cost.
- MAX targets near-continuous, round-the-clock operation. ECO targets roughly 60% uptime per year by design, reflecting the off-peak schedule. The exact targets and the service-level terms that apply to each mode are set out in your agreement.
- Pausing during peak hours is normal, supported operation — the machine simply isn't running for those hours. It's designed to work within your standard warranty and hosting terms.
- Yes. Custom Pool works with both modes — you can point either MAX or ECO at your own pool instead of a standard one.
- ECO is available across hosted mining hardware, so you can run it on the machines in your account and switch modes whenever you like.
- Most miners run MAX by default — full output while the market clears its costs — and move to ECO when prices soften or a machine's economics get tight. You can change at any time, so you're never committed to one mode.
Mine on your terms
Professional hosting, two operating modes, and the controls to switch between them whenever the market moves.
Illustrative model. The simulator is a simplified illustration as of the page date for a single miner. Mining output is modelled as the current network reward of about 0.0000005 BTC per TH per day multiplied by the Bitcoin price you set, holding network difficulty constant within the period. Energy uses the base rates shown, reduced by Diamond-tier loyalty cashback to the effective rates noted; ECO running hours follow a representative off-peak schedule, and the on/off clock above is illustrative. The price path (dip then recovery) is an illustrative scenario, not a prediction. Actual results depend on Bitcoin price, network difficulty, mining output, energy tariffs, your loyalty tier, hardware condition, and configuration — all of which vary over time. ECO can extend the period during which a machine remains economically worth running, but does not guarantee profitability or change physical hardware lifespan. This is not a forecast, an offer, or a guarantee of any result. Energy rates and figures shown are model inputs; current rates and terms on cuverse.com prevail. Mode availability, uptime targets, and scheduling are governed by your service terms.