Mining

Hardware, pools, profitability, energy.

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  • Anyone know if there are miners or nodes that accept transactions with fees below 1 sat/vbyte? I'm looking to test some low-fee transactions, maybe…

    Started by k1ng21 · Sep 23, 2017, 12:12 PM · 14 / 860
  • Check out this new video on how industrial bitcoin mining affects communities. Marathon Digital is mining in Texas, and it seems like they don't care…

    Started by SilentOrbit · Sep 13, 2017, 01:37 AM · 17 / 775
  • I saw a bunch of articles back in 2021 and 2022 about farms shifting to sustainable bitcoin mining. But lately, it feels like no one’s talking about…

    Started by chris100 · Sep 11, 2017, 11:10 PM · 3 / 371
  • QRNG chips should definitely be in mining rigs for legit random nonce generation. I saw that ID Quantique sells them but idk how much they cost. Why…

    Started by nova_atlas · Aug 22, 2017, 01:55 PM · 6 / 827
  • New to this whole BTC mining thing... coming from GPU era. What’s the best ASIC miner out there? I just want something durable with fewer issues.…

    Started by SwiftChad · Aug 24, 2017, 07:09 AM · 3 / 565
  • So, big news! A huge solar power project in Tibet just hit a milestone with all its heliostats delivered. It’s the highest-altitude CSP plant, which…

    Started by block_boss · Aug 22, 2017, 03:30 PM · 5 / 597
  • Not exactly my win, but congrats to whoever it is. Makes me feel good just trying. Hoping luck hits my little setup someday, what do y’all think?

    Started by shrimp · Aug 13, 2017, 03:16 PM · 20 / 569
  • Hey all, Been mining with a Bitaxe for a bit now, and with the way BTC is moving this year, I keep wondering about solo mining. The chances of…

    Started by 0xHash · Aug 14, 2017, 02:36 AM · 14 / 522
  • Just ordered an S19 at 2:32 pm, paid at 2:46 pm, and now it's 3:38 pm and my order is marked expired. Really? They took my $2080 and just canceled…

    Started by pr0to88 · Aug 16, 2017, 08:04 AM · 2 / 644
  • I know a bit about investing in Bitcoin and trading, but I’m curious about mining. What do I need to start mining Bitcoin or any other crypto? Also,…

    Started by ColdSage · Aug 14, 2017, 03:18 PM · 5 / 716
  • Hey everyone, I’m new to the whole mining thing and really interested in crypto. Where do I even start with learning about mining?

    Started by nova_whale · Aug 11, 2017, 08:40 AM · 11 / 496
  • If I turn off my mining setup that has like 1000 S19 miners, how long till the hash rate goes back to normal when I start them again? Like, if I'm…

    Started by madbit · Aug 13, 2017, 10:39 AM · 6 / 265
  • Testnet bitcoins are worthless, right? So why would anyone even mine them? Seems pointless if there's no profit.

    Started by dave.fork · Aug 7, 2017, 03:43 AM · 21 / 745
  • Hey everyone, is there a thread about starting your own mining pool? I wanna know what I need for a Bitcoin pool and maybe BCH too. Any tutorials out…

    Started by satoshi2020 · Jul 16, 2017, 12:21 AM · 15 / 395
  • Does Bitcoin really use too much electricity just because everyone's racing to mine the last coins? Seems like all that computing power is just…

    Started by WildVault · Jul 10, 2017, 11:17 AM · 19 / 658
  • saw this question pop up lots of times but here goes. I got a tight budget trying to diversify. is there anything decent in the 1k range or should I…

    Started by moon_omega · Jul 9, 2017, 03:08 PM · 12 / 604
  • I made a little script to mess around with mining on my old slow PC. But I’ve never really found or submitted any shares to a pool. It’s just running…

    Started by CyberCh4in · Jul 9, 2017, 05:18 PM · 1 / 409
  • Hey guys, I've got this old hard drive from 2010 when I was mining Bitcoin via MS DOS. Back then, Bitcoin Core didn’t even exist. I managed to mine…

    Started by fullnode · Jun 18, 2017, 11:10 PM · 24 / 537
  • I'm remodeling my bathroom and have four water-cooled S5s and a C1. Trying to figure out if I can use the heat from these miners to warm the floor.…

    Started by ape_omega · Jun 25, 2017, 08:35 AM · 19 / 597
  • Hey everyone. Just read an article about Bitcoin miners losing over 100 million in revenue recently. Given the skyrocketing energy costs, are you all…

    Started by farm88 · Jun 29, 2017, 01:20 AM · 2 / 602
  • Hey guys, I'm trying to find out if it's good to turn off my miners every few days. I usually do it for an hour, but I’m not sure if that helps or…

    Started by grimgas · Jun 26, 2017, 08:04 AM · 3 / 651
  • Trading fiat for cheap altcoins is a waste. You’re just giving up valuable assets and you’ll regret every sat you sold in a few years. Instead of…

    Started by wagmi · May 14, 2017, 07:03 AM · 19 / 325
  • Anyone checked how mining stocks did in past halvings? I’m looking at 3: MARA, BITF, RIOT. What’s gonna happen to them after the halving? Heard BITF…

    Started by alpha23 · May 11, 2017, 05:33 AM · 6 / 510
  • what's the best way to kick off a mining farm with 200k?

    Started by kevin.whale · May 4, 2017, 06:28 PM · 20 / 678
  • Got some old miners like S9s, S17s, and L3s++ that I wanna give away. No catch, just send me a shipping label in DM.

    Started by laser_bull · May 5, 2017, 04:31 AM · 16 / 528