# Estimates earnings fall down **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining Support\ **Created:** [June 18, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456 "2017-06-18T20:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Razor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@Razor](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Razor)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456/1 "2017-06-18T20:30:40Z")
Hello, i am quite new in the mining but creating 2500 sol through nanopool on zcash With estimated earnings last week of above 1200+ monthly it has dropped extremely to around 500 now Is there an explanation or any suggestion what to do or how to solve/ fix this? ---
**Author:** ![midnightwanderer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/midnightwanderer/32/4739_2.png) [@midnightwanderer](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/midnightwanderer)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456/2 "2017-06-18T21:02:00Z")
Im with flypool and my earnings have significantly dropped as well. I also have new addresses with small balances that I did not create. ---
**Author:** ![smokinggun46](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@smokinggun46](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/smokinggun46)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456/3 "2017-06-19T00:10:07Z")
Hmm I wonder if difficulty went up? ---
**Author:** ![Razor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@Razor](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Razor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456/4 "2017-06-19T00:28:36Z")
I wonder if i can drop from 1200 to 600 due to difficulty? BR Peter ---
**Author:** ![andyg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@andyg](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/andyg)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456/5 "2017-06-19T01:04:14Z")
Yes, i noticed this today in the morning when i checked nanopool. Must be difficulty. Suxes ---
**Author:** ![whfct](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@whfct](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/whfct)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456/6 "2017-06-19T06:18:07Z")
> **[Zcash Difficulty Chart - ZEC Difficulty](https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/zcash/difficulty-chart)** > > The Zcash difficulty chart provides the current Zcash difficulty (ZEC diff) target as well as a historical data graph visualizing Zcash mining difficulty chart values with ZEC difficulty adjustments (both increases and decreases) defaulted to today... ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/original/2X/d/d05e287867cfc3d76706b0e672dc9fda3565cf1c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Razor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@Razor](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Razor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456/7 "2017-06-19T06:46:10Z")
Ok thanks Thats explains it BR Peter ---
**Author:** ![neuromancer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/neuromancer/32/4076_2.png) [@neuromancer](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/neuromancer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456/8 "2017-06-19T08:00:57Z")
Besides difficulty, it’s also worth looking at the total hashrate on the zCash network. With ZEC at around 370 USD, the hashrate has tripled since February 2017. Since more miners and pools are competing to resolve blocks, the returns are diluted. While your hashrate remains constant, you’re now competing against more people so this translates into less revenue. ---
**Author:** ![Razor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@Razor](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Razor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456/9 "2017-06-19T09:22:46Z")
Thanks Neuro What would u suggest? Change to another currency? Running 2 x 1080 and 2 x 1080ti Thanks for yr advise BR Peter ---
**Author:** ![neuromancer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/neuromancer/32/4076_2.png) [@neuromancer](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/neuromancer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456/10 "2017-06-19T09:37:47Z")
I still find it profitable to keep mining ZEC. You may want to get more GPUs, as I don’t see the hashrate declining. I’ve looked on the ZCL and ZEN side (both are zCash derivates) but sticking with ZEC. Alternatively, you may want to switch pools, verify that your mining software / GPU settings are well optimized etc but difficulty + global hashrate are the main culprits here. zCash is valuable therefore a lot of people mine it. I see this trend with my 2x RX480. I hope to complement them soon with a couple rigs. ---
**Author:** ![Razor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@Razor](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Razor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456/11 "2017-06-19T10:21:12Z")
Thanks Neuro, I tried Nicehashmner last week, but roi was less then with xzcash on nanopool (imho) so changed back again. I actually work for one of the gpu vendors and ordered quite a bunch of 1060 for my own use so will be building some rigs as well in the next few weeks. Good feedback, thanks Van: Neuromancer [[mailto:zcash@discoursemail.com](mailto:zcash@discoursemail.com)] Verzonden: maandag 19 juni 2017 11:48 Aan: [peterberkhout@hotmail.com](mailto:peterberkhout@hotmail.com) Onderwerp: [Zcash Forum] [Mining/support] Estimates earnings fall down [[https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user\_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/neuromancer/45/4076\_1.png](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/neuromancer/45/4076_1.png)] neuromancer[https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/neuromancer](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/neuromancer) June 19 I still find it profitable to keep mining ZEC. You may want to get more GPUs, as I don’t see the hashrate declining. I’ve looked on the ZCL and ZEN side (both are zCash derivates) but sticking with ZEC. Alternatively, you may want to switch pools, verify that your mining software / GPU settings are well optimized etc but difficulty + global hashrate are the main culprits here. zCash is valuable therefore a lot of people mine it. I see this trend with my 2x RX480. I hope to complement them soon with a couple rigs. ---
**Author:** ![neuromancer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/neuromancer/32/4076_2.png) [@neuromancer](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/neuromancer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/estimates-earnings-fall-down/17456/12 "2017-06-19T10:33:00Z")
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