That’s a hard question actually!

I need to give it some thought, maybe even write a whole post dedicated to it… (though unless I can somehow get myself up to 100 followers I’d probably have to post it to hive.blog instead of here…

My initial thoughts:

• You can get 200 hashrate completely free just by logging in 9 days and playing a little.
• You are currently paying 0.1 to 0.2 ETH for 330 hashrate if you buy the floor of the market.
• Paying 0.3–0.5 ETH at the current prices will get you around 800 hashrate if you buy a captain ranked character.
• Anything above 0.5 ETH will get you a more powerful character but not much additional hashrate.
• Captain Devex, which is currently floored at 0.99 ETH is a special case. He lets you run a pool. That being said, whether or not that pays out depends on how popular your pool is.

I hope that helps a little!