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I said true decentralization is possible, but it’s all hypothetical... Imagine if millions of these devices worked together, kinda like a torrent network.

But I don’t see that happening anytime soon.

This unit seems solid and efficient. If it used two chips instead of one, it’d be a big deal at a good price.

Right? Imagine those big farms' reactions if half their hash rate came from devices that don’t care about energy costs!

Zeusbtc has the chips but with a minimum of 10 orders. No price listed yet, but I’d guess around $40. Once the Chinese New Year wraps up, I can confirm, just hit me up.

Let’s assume he just forgot to mention ‘hour’ in his post. That makes it 25 MWh a year, or about 68.5 kWh daily. So we’re looking at around a 13.7 kW solar system with an average of 5 hours of sunlight. If he’s really…

Did you think about restarting Umbrel? Also, make sure both your Lightning daemon and Umbrel are updated to the latest version. Sometimes that really helps.

Bad advice, man. AliExpress is risky. Most new gear's in HK now, not China. Those sellers? Probably scammers or just middlemen. Buying from the manufacturers like Bitmain is the way to go if you're serious.

A doorstop would work too! I’ve used miners for that when I needed to hold a door open. Scrap value for an S9 was around 10-15% in China a couple years back. With metal prices going up, you might get around 20 bucks now.

I’m hitting 54-56 watts with my design. But it’s all about balancing the cooling without making it too noisy.

Yeah, they do use similar controllers. Lots of folks have had success with custom firmware on different gears too.

Two board setups are running okay for me. I’m hitting around 54 watts at 450 frequency.

The power source is the hub. Devices connected to it draw power. Would be cool to have a PD hub that also handles data. Should exist!

Yeah, if it could deliver 40 watts consistently, that’d be awesome.

I watched your video, great stuff! Quick question though. Is the gen2 better than the older miner silencer? I wanna make sure I’m not buying outdated gear.

They both run on BM1368PB chips, but the difference lies in the number of chips. The S21 Pro has 108 on each board, totaling 324. S21 HYD, however, packs in 216 chips per board, adding up to 648. And just a heads up…

While all these tips make sense, the quality of the miner is what really matters. I’ve seen old S9s from China still running fine despite the dirt and wear. They just keep going.

I don’t really see it that way. Hodling is less risky in terms of storage. Just get a good hardware wallet and keep it simple. Mining has so many risks, from equipment failures to security issues. It's not a walk in the…

Stompy, how have you not seen danieleither's posts? OP, what’s your scale? 5 miners? 50? or 500? The costs and plans change based on what you’re doing. We’re here to help! I’ve shared for years without charging.

You're looking for kWh (kilowatt-hour) to measure energy usage. You can check the wattage on devices, it’ll show up as W or kW. To convert, divide by 1000. For example, if a miner uses 1200W, it's 1.2 kW, and you…