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NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th SHA-256 Bitcoin Miner

NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th SHA-256 Bitcoin Miner

The NerdAxe Hydro Bitcoin & Bitcoin Cash, Hydro Cooled Home Miner with 2.5TH hashrate, 60W power draw and 24W/TH efficiency.

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NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th SHA-256 Bitcoin Miner: Product Overview

What Is the NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5TH and What Does It Mine?

The NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th is a dedicated SHA-256 ASIC miner for Bitcoin & Bitcoin Cash. Based on the open-source NerdQAxe project. This model belongs to the NerdQAxe+ Series. Released in 2025.

Is the NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5TH Right for Your Setup?

Mining starts with power. A competitive electricity tariff or surplus renewable generation can give your operation a useful cost advantage, while higher electricity prices can make an otherwise capable miner uneconomic. Compare your rate and chosen coin in the earnings table, allowing for cooling, pool fees and any other operating costs.

Prefer to avoid the day-to-day work of running your own mining site? Our managed ASIC hosting services offer an alternative, with power, cooling and monitoring handled at the facility. Explore current locations and rates, then speak to our team to confirm compatibility, availability, minimum quantities and any additional fees.

This model requires a compatible liquid cooling installation. Confirm coolant requirements, flow, pressure, heat rejection and electrical supply against the manufacturer’s specifications before ordering.

Confirm the power supply, leads and cooling equipment included with your exact variant, and obtain its manufacturer’s installation manual before arranging the installation.

Electrical safety · Noise and hearing guidance

Which Coins Can the NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5TH Mine?

Mining Compatibility

Mining on the SHA-256 algorithm, you can secure Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and AuxPoW siblings such as DigiByte SHA (DGB), eCash (XEC), Peercoin (PPC) and Fractal Bitcoin (FB); you can also earn Bitcoin and other coins by selling your SHA-256 hash-power on the NiceHash Hashpower Marketplace (Nicehash-SHA-AB).

How SHA-256 Mining Works

SHA-256 is the cryptographic hash function used in Bitcoin mining. Bitcoin applies it twice to a block header, and miners repeatedly test candidate headers until a result meets the network difficulty target. Dedicated ASIC hardware performs this work at scale. For equipment comparisons, hashrate describes the amount of hashing work a machine performs, while efficiency describes the energy needed for that work. Compatibility also depends on the network and mining protocol supported by the device and pool.

These SHA-256 assets are covered in the earnings comparison below.

  • BitcoinBTC
  • Bitcoin CashBCH
  • DigiByteDGB
  • eCashXEC
  • Fractal BitcoinFB
  • Quai NetworkQUAI

Hashpower marketplaces

  • NiceHashBTC

Coin and merged mining support depend on the network, pool and firmware. Selling hashpower through a marketplace is different from directly mining its payout coin.

NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5TH Cooling Method: Hydro

Additional cooling equipment is required. Contact us for details on suitable cooling solutions for this miner

About NerdAxe Hydro

NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th is based on the NerdQAxe project, part of the NerdQAxe+ Series. This model was released in June 2025.

Project Background

NerdAxe Hydro is the catalogue label used here for a liquid-cooled NerdQAxe-family miner. NerdQAxe is an open-source hardware project, so the project name and cooling description do not establish who assembled a particular device. The finished unit's supplier, board revision, cooling package and support arrangements need to be confirmed separately. No independent manufacturer identity is claimed by this label.

Plan Your NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5TH Setup

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Earnings By Asset

NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th Earnings and Profitability

Compare estimated pool earnings, solo-mining probability and pool-versus-solo outcomes for this exact miner.

Pool mining earnings for NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th SHA-256 Bitcoin Miner

Pool mining earnings by mineable asset. Activate an earnings or ROI heading to sort the complete asset rows.
Mineable Asset
Quai (QUAI)£0.0084▼ 2.02% HourEarnings:£0.0034Rewards:0.40883325 QUAI DayEarnings:£0.08Rewards:9.8120 QUAI WeekEarnings:£0.57Rewards:68.6840 QUAI MonthEarnings:£2.50Rewards:298.65 QUAI YearEarnings:£29.96Rewards:3,583.83 QUAI Year 2Earnings:£59.92Rewards:7,167.66 QUAI Gross ROI:NO PAYBACK
Fractal Bitcoin (FB)£0.2855▼ 0.93% HourEarnings:£0.0033Rewards:0.01152904 FB DayEarnings:£0.08Rewards:0.27669700 FB WeekEarnings:£0.55Rewards:1.9369 FB MonthEarnings:£2.40Rewards:8.4220 FB YearEarnings:£28.86Rewards:101.06 FB Year 2Earnings:£57.72Rewards:202.13 FB Gross ROI:NO PAYBACK
Nicehash (BTC)£63,108.67▲ 0.00% HourEarnings:£0.0031Rewards:0.00000005 BTC DayEarnings:£0.07Rewards:0.00000117 BTC WeekEarnings:£0.52Rewards:0.00000818 BTC MonthEarnings:£2.24Rewards:0.00003558 BTC YearEarnings:£26.93Rewards:0.00042698 BTC Year 2Earnings:£53.86Rewards:0.00085395 BTC Gross ROI:NO PAYBACK
Bitcoin (BTC)£63,108.67▲ 0.00% HourEarnings:£0.0031Rewards:0.00000005 BTC DayEarnings:£0.07Rewards:0.00000117 BTC WeekEarnings:£0.52Rewards:0.00000817 BTC MonthEarnings:£2.24Rewards:0.00003554 BTC YearEarnings:£26.89Rewards:0.00042643 BTC Year 2Earnings:£53.79Rewards:0.00085286 BTC Gross ROI:NO PAYBACK
BitcoinCash (BCH)£232.96▼ 0.01% HourEarnings:£0.003Rewards:0.00001307 BCH DayEarnings:£0.07Rewards:0.00031375 BCH WeekEarnings:£0.51Rewards:0.00219625 BCH MonthEarnings:£2.23Rewards:0.00954977 BCH YearEarnings:£26.70Rewards:0.11459719 BCH Year 2Earnings:£53.41Rewards:0.22919438 BCH Gross ROI:NO PAYBACK
eCash (XEC)£0.0000063▼ 1.18% HourEarnings:£0.0029Rewards:462.41 XEC DayEarnings:£0.07Rewards:11,097.90 XEC WeekEarnings:£0.49Rewards:77,685.28 XEC MonthEarnings:£2.13Rewards:337,792.25 XEC YearEarnings:£25.54Rewards:4,053,507.03 XEC Year 2Earnings:£51.07Rewards:8,107,014.07 XEC Gross ROI:NO PAYBACK
DigiByte (DGB)£0.0034▼ 2.33% HourEarnings:£0.0027Rewards:0.78822765 DGB DayEarnings:£0.06Rewards:18.9175 DGB WeekEarnings:£0.45Rewards:132.42 DGB MonthEarnings:£1.94Rewards:575.80 DGB YearEarnings:£23.30Rewards:6,909.60 DGB Year 2Earnings:£46.60Rewards:13,819.21 DGB Gross ROI:NO PAYBACK

Solo mining earnings for NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th SHA-256 Bitcoin Miner

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Solo versus pool mining earnings for NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th SHA-256 Bitcoin Miner

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Live ASIC Miner Rankings

NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th Rankings

Compare live Earnings, Efficiency, Value and ROI rankings across all tracked ASIC miners, miners using the same algorithm and models from the same brand.
Overall Ranking 517 of 831 ASIC miners
Earnings3%
805th of 831 · All ASIC Miners
Efficiency39%
510th of 831 · All ASIC Miners
Value52%
398th of 831 · All ASIC Miners
ROI81%
161st of 831 · All ASIC Miners
Overall44%
517th of 831 · All ASIC Miners
Detailed rankings for NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th
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How to read these ASIC miner rankings

Overall blends earnings, efficiency, value and ROI into one comparison score. Algorithm rankings compare miners using the same mining algorithm; brand rankings compare products from the same manufacturer.

Rankings are live snapshots and can change with coin prices, network difficulty, product pricing and electricity costs. Use them alongside the current product specification, availability and your own power rate.

NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th Specifications

Performance, electrical, cooling, network and compatibility details for this model.

Product Overview

Miner Type
Home Miner
Stock Availability
Out of stock
Manufacturer
NerdAxe Hydro
Model
NerdQAxe+ Hydro
Series
NerdQAxe+ Series
Also Known As
Bitcoin Home Miner, NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th
Release Date
June 2025
Release Year
2025

Mining Performance

Algorithm
SHA-256
Hashrate
2.5TH
Raw Hashrate
2500000000000H
Efficiency
24W/TH
Power Consumption (W)
60W

Electrical Requirements

Power Consumption (kW)
0.06kW
Input Frequency
50/60 Hz

Cooling & Airflow

Cooling Method
Hydro
Number of Fans
External Cooling Equipment Required: Fan Count Depends on the External Cooling Setup.

Heat Output & Cooling Load

Heat Output (kW)
0.06kW
BTU Per Hour
205 BTU/h
BTU Range
184 – 235 BTU/h
Cooling Tons
0.02 ton
Cooling Tons Range
0.02 – 0.02 ton

Operating Environment

Noise Level Range
0dB
Noise Note
External Cooling Equipment Required: Check Pump/Radiator/Chiller Noise Level.
Running Temperature
25 °C, 77 °F
Running Temperature Range
25 – 25 °C, 77 – 77 °F

Mining Compatibility

Primary Mineable Coin
Bitcoin (BTC)
Primary Mineable Assets
Bitcoin & Bitcoin Cash
Mining Mode Compatibility
Pool MiningSolo Mining
Mineable Coins
Acoin (ACOIN)Bitcoin (BTC)Bitcoin Vault (BTCV2)BitcoinCash (BCH)BitcoinSV (BSV)Curecoin (CURE)DigiByte (DGB)eCash (XEC)Elastos (ELA)eMark (DEM)Fractal Bitcoin (FB)Hathor (HTR)Joulecoin (XJO)Namecoin (NMC)Nicehash (BTC)Peercoin (PPC)Quai-Scrypt (QUAI)Terracoin (TRC)Unbreakable (UNB)

Network Connectivity

Network Interface
Wi-Fi

Physical Specifications

Dimensions (estimated)
14 × 10 × 5 cm
Form Factor
Standard
Weight (estimated)
0.4 kg
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Why The Mining Shop

Why Buy the NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th from The Mining Shop UK?

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Reasons Customers Choose Us for ASIC Miners
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100% UK-based – registered company with office & repair lab in Hartlepool, North-East England.
Mining since 2011 – 15+ years of trust with hobbyists and international farms.
Fully tested before dispatch – every unit’s PSU & hash-boards are bench-tested in our Hartlepool lab.
12-month no-quibble warranty – extendable to 24 months – better cover than most manufacturers.
Hosting on six continents – electricity from £0.04/kWh if you need cheaper power.
In-house board-level repairs – same-week turnaround on most RMA cases.
Real humans, 7 days a week – friendly UK staff on phone and email whenever you need us.
Free consultations – earnings, ROI & power-cost advice for new and seasoned miners alike.
Plug-and-play setup help – we walk you through wallets and pool configs so you’re hashing on day one.
Buy-back & upgrade programme – trade in older units as you scale.

Your Edge Starts Before You Plug It In

From our Hartlepool test bench to your first hash — seasoned engineers, rapid warranty cover, and global hosting that slashes your power bill. Real support that doesn’t disappear after checkout.

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How to Order the NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5Th

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Confirm Order

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Insured Shipping

Fully insured delivery, tracked door to door.
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Setup or Collection

Delivered and set up, or collect in the UK.
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ASIC Miner FAQ

NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5TH Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers to what buyers ask most before ordering this miner — live profitability and ROI, power and cooling, payment and delivery, hosting and warranty. If anything is unclear, our team is one message away.
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About the NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5TH

Key specs and live earnings for this exact machine — pulled straight from our live product data.

The NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5TH is a NerdAxe Hydro Bitcoin & Bitcoin Cash miner built on the SHA-256 algorithm. It delivers 2.5TH of hashrate at 60W with an efficiency of 24W/TH, using Hydro cooling.

Every unit is supplied brand new through The Mining Shop UK — inspected, tested and quality checked before dispatch.

Our live data currently estimates around £2.50 per month on a 24-hour average for the NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5TH, with an estimated ROI of about 0 days at today's prices and network difficulty.

Real earnings move with coin price, difficulty and your electricity or hosting rate — treat every figure as an estimate, never a guarantee.

The NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5TH mines Bitcoin & Bitcoin Cash and other cryptocurrencies that use the SHA-256 algorithm, so you can point it at whichever supported coin or pool suits your strategy.

ASIC miners are algorithm-specific, so it cannot switch to coins on other algorithms — if you want a different coin, browse the full range or ask our team what fits.

2

Ordering, Payment and Delivery

How payment, dispatch and duties-included UK delivery work when you order.

We accept UK bank transfer and selected stablecoin payments such as USDT or USDC. We do not take cash, and card payments are generally not accepted on high-value hardware.

For your security we never change bank details by email — if anything looks unusual, stop and call us before sending funds.

In-stock machines are dispatched within 24–48 business hours of cleared payment, and UK delivery typically takes 2–5 business days on a tracked service.

We can also ship straight to a hosting facility, or arrange collection by appointment once funds have cleared.

Yes — on direct orders the price you see is the price you pay. Delivery, import duties and applicable taxes are handled by us.

That means no surprise courier invoices or customs paperwork after checkout.

3

Setup, Pools and Hosting

Running this miner at home, pool setup before dispatch, and what hosting looks like in practice.

Check your power, heat and noise first: the NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5TH draws 60W and uses Hydro cooling, so it may need a dedicated circuit and proper ventilation rather than a standard socket.

If home is not practical, hosting gives you the same machine on wholesale power with heat and noise handled for you.

Yes. Send us your pool and worker details and we test your miner on your own pool before it ships — you can watch it hashing on your pool dashboard before it even arrives.

We never need your pool passwords, and every order includes a welcome pack covering the practical steps.

Yes. You own the miner, we run it in a specialist facility with 96–99% uptime targets, and rewards go straight from the pool to your own wallet — we never hold your coins.

Hosting is typically a 12-month term with the first month paid upfront — see how hosting works, or ask about Mine Before It Arrives (£40 + VAT) to start earning while your NerdQAxe+ Hydro 2.5TH is still in transit.

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Warranty, Repairs and Support

The cover, repairs and UK support behind every machine we sell.

A 12-month manufacturer warranty as standard. We log serial numbers, photograph key components and keep your test reports on file, which makes any claim far smoother.

Overclocking, unauthorised firmware, unsuitable power supplies or third-party dismantling voids cover — talk to us before modifying anything.

Yes — diagnostics and repairs are in-house services covering hashboards, PSUs, fans and firmware, with a £150 + VAT diagnosis fee deducted from your final invoice if we complete the repair.

Repair customers get a dashboard showing progress, photos and inspection records.

We have mined since 2011 and sell only brand-new, genuine hardware — every machine is inspected, serial-logged and test-run on your own pool before dispatch.

Sales, hosting, repairs and honest advice under one roof — talk to the team before you order and you will never buy blind.

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