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legendary
Activity: 4256
Merit: 8551
'The right to privacy matters'
Problems abound due to the huge fall runup.

Bitmain saw really big profits last year.


So much so they got ideas on what to do with excess profits.

I find it very interesting that  innosilicon now has

A better zec miner more hash less power.
A better decred miner more hash less power.
A better sia miner more hash less power.
A better sha miner more hash less power.

As compared to bitmain.

Yeah bitmain is cheaper but the specs are better for innosilicon.

This kind of proves how ridiculous it is that people are howling for hardforks every time a new asic comes out.  Obviously they are butthurt that their GPUs will no longer be as profitable.  But when multiple companies are making ASIC miners and competing with each other, how exactly does that cause centralization?  No different than only 2 GPU companies competing.   The notion of decentralization based on expensive and inefficient but widely available (though availability is a subjective term) GPUs is kind of idiotic.  It would almost be like rules requiring all prospectors to use pans from the 1800s for gold mining because its more fair than large companies with industrial equipment.

I ask for no nasty attacks you did a nasty attack I deleted this.

This thread is not to say asics rule gpus suck and fpga's are tripping ..

All three have a place in the game. I don't want to discuss why the game fails without all three and even cpus are needed for the game to work.

If you choose to be all asic good it is your choice. If you choose to be inclusive also good that is your choice.
If you choose to insult gpu miners in this thread or insult asic miners or insult fpga miners or insult cpu miners with terms like butthurt or idiotic  I delete it.

back to the thread.  solar has some value in smaller ops off grid.

buysolar has spent months looking for a good inverter converter power source for a 1000 to 1600 watt setup.

My push is in this direction here is why.

Lets take sha-256 asics 

 I own t1
avalon 841
s9
s9i on the way.  all of them run about 92 to 110 watts per th

the new go B2 lists at 81 watts per th.

even if bitmain and avalon do 7nm  they will not go much better then 75 watts per 1 th.

so do some math if the solar setup I get built comes to 4 cent a kwatt over ten years

vs 10 cents a watt buying from a hosting service.

it is viable  to run a 110 watt per th miner
vs a 75 watt per th miner.

So the game goes back to low power cost = winner winner chicken dinner.





Sorry if I offended you Phil.  I wasn't attacking anyone or any style of mining.  In fact, I don't own ASICs or FPGAs, only GPUs and CPUs.  Let me rephrase my point;  I think its shortsighted and misinformed to want a coin to hardfork simply because an Nvidia or AMD GPU is no longer the most cost effective way to mine.
lol why ? you think it’s shortsighted, but give no explanation for your reasoning, leme guess becuase nothing you could come up with makes any sense.  There is zero benifit to letting asics canabalize a tokens network
It defeats the whole point of decentralization
Problems abound due to the huge fall runup.

Bitmain saw really big profits last year.


So much so they got ideas on what to do with excess profits.

I find it very interesting that  innosilicon now has

A better zec miner more hash less power.
A better decred miner more hash less power.
A better sia miner more hash less power.
A better sha miner more hash less power.

As compared to bitmain.

Yeah bitmain is cheaper but the specs are better for innosilicon.

This kind of proves how ridiculous it is that people are howling for hardforks every time a new asic comes out.  Obviously they are butthurt that their GPUs will no longer be as profitable.  But when multiple companies are making ASIC miners and competing with each other, how exactly does that cause centralization?  No different than only 2 GPU companies competing.   The notion of decentralization based on expensive and inefficient but widely available (though availability is a subjective term) GPUs is kind of idiotic.  It would almost be like rules requiring all prospectors to use pans from the 1800s for gold mining because its more fair than large companies with industrial equipment.

I ask for no nasty attacks you did a nasty attack I deleted this.

This thread is not to say asics rule gpus suck and fpga's are tripping ..

All three have a place in the game. I don't want to discuss why the game fails without all three and even cpus are needed for the game to work.

If you choose to be all asic good it is your choice. If you choose to be inclusive also good that is your choice.
If you choose to insult gpu miners in this thread or insult asic miners or insult fpga miners or insult cpu miners with terms like butthurt or idiotic  I delete it.

back to the thread.  solar has some value in smaller ops off grid.

buysolar has spent months looking for a good inverter converter power source for a 1000 to 1600 watt setup.

My push is in this direction here is why.

Lets take sha-256 asics 

 I own t1
avalon 841
s9
s9i on the way.  all of them run about 92 to 110 watts per th

the new go B2 lists at 81 watts per th.

even if bitmain and avalon do 7nm  they will not go much better then 75 watts per 1 th.

so do some math if the solar setup I get built comes to 4 cent a kwatt over ten years

vs 10 cents a watt buying from a hosting service.

it is viable  to run a 110 watt per th miner
vs a 75 watt per th miner.

So the game goes back to low power cost = winner winner chicken dinner.





Sorry if I offended you Phil.  I wasn't attacking anyone or any style of mining.  In fact, I don't own ASICs or FPGAs, only GPUs and CPUs.  Let me rephrase my point;  I think its shortsighted and misinformed to want a coin to hardfork simply because an Nvidia or AMD GPU is no longer the most cost effective way to mine.



neither of the above  are nasty posts thank you both.

I don't want us to spend time defending or attacking  asic/fpga/gpu/cpu mining or pow vs pos vs (pow+pos hybrid)

The reality is we have that world to live in or mine in we don't need to argue  why one part is good and the other part is evil.

The game today as we mine is cheap power is king  and lots of cheap gear can be found  how do we cope as miners.
hero member
Activity: 729
Merit: 513
WTC update.

last 10 days I've mined 14 blocks.  I get paid 3.5 coins per block.  I have 7 1080TI's on it. 


thats 1.4 coins per day,  * $35 = $49 a day.

49 a day / 7 cards = $7 per card per day.


just some rough numbers. 

Where are you mining WTC and how? SMOS?
full member
Activity: 284
Merit: 102
WTC update.

last 10 days I've mined 14 blocks.  I get paid 3.5 coins per block.  I have 7 1080TI's on it. 


thats 1.4 coins per day,  * $35 = $49 a day.

49 a day / 7 cards = $7 per card per day.


just some rough numbers. 
full member
Activity: 1148
Merit: 132
Problems abound due to the huge fall runup.

Bitmain saw really big profits last year.


So much so they got ideas on what to do with excess profits.

I find it very interesting that  innosilicon now has

A better zec miner more hash less power.
A better decred miner more hash less power.
A better sia miner more hash less power.
A better sha miner more hash less power.

As compared to bitmain.

Yeah bitmain is cheaper but the specs are better for innosilicon.

This kind of proves how ridiculous it is that people are howling for hardforks every time a new asic comes out.  Obviously they are butthurt that their GPUs will no longer be as profitable.  But when multiple companies are making ASIC miners and competing with each other, how exactly does that cause centralization?  No different than only 2 GPU companies competing.   The notion of decentralization based on expensive and inefficient but widely available (though availability is a subjective term) GPUs is kind of idiotic.  It would almost be like rules requiring all prospectors to use pans from the 1800s for gold mining because its more fair than large companies with industrial equipment.

I ask for no nasty attacks you did a nasty attack I deleted this.

This thread is not to say asics rule gpus suck and fpga's are tripping ..

All three have a place in the game. I don't want to discuss why the game fails without all three and even cpus are needed for the game to work.

If you choose to be all asic good it is your choice. If you choose to be inclusive also good that is your choice.
If you choose to insult gpu miners in this thread or insult asic miners or insult fpga miners or insult cpu miners with terms like butthurt or idiotic  I delete it.

back to the thread.  solar has some value in smaller ops off grid.

buysolar has spent months looking for a good inverter converter power source for a 1000 to 1600 watt setup.

My push is in this direction here is why.

Lets take sha-256 asics 

 I own t1
avalon 841
s9
s9i on the way.  all of them run about 92 to 110 watts per th

the new go B2 lists at 81 watts per th.

even if bitmain and avalon do 7nm  they will not go much better then 75 watts per 1 th.

so do some math if the solar setup I get built comes to 4 cent a kwatt over ten years

vs 10 cents a watt buying from a hosting service.

it is viable  to run a 110 watt per th miner
vs a 75 watt per th miner.

So the game goes back to low power cost = winner winner chicken dinner.





Sorry if I offended you Phil.  I wasn't attacking anyone or any style of mining.  In fact, I don't own ASICs or FPGAs, only GPUs and CPUs.  Let me rephrase my point;  I think its shortsighted and misinformed to want a coin to hardfork simply because an Nvidia or AMD GPU is no longer the most cost effective way to mine.
lol why ? you think it’s shortsighted, but give no explanation for your reasoning, leme guess becuase nothing you could come up with makes any sense.  There is zero benifit to letting asics canabalize a tokens network
It defeats the whole point of decentralization
full member
Activity: 1179
Merit: 131
Problems abound due to the huge fall runup.

Bitmain saw really big profits last year.


So much so they got ideas on what to do with excess profits.

I find it very interesting that  innosilicon now has

A better zec miner more hash less power.
A better decred miner more hash less power.
A better sia miner more hash less power.
A better sha miner more hash less power.

As compared to bitmain.

Yeah bitmain is cheaper but the specs are better for innosilicon.

This kind of proves how ridiculous it is that people are howling for hardforks every time a new asic comes out.  Obviously they are butthurt that their GPUs will no longer be as profitable.  But when multiple companies are making ASIC miners and competing with each other, how exactly does that cause centralization?  No different than only 2 GPU companies competing.   The notion of decentralization based on expensive and inefficient but widely available (though availability is a subjective term) GPUs is kind of idiotic.  It would almost be like rules requiring all prospectors to use pans from the 1800s for gold mining because its more fair than large companies with industrial equipment.

I ask for no nasty attacks you did a nasty attack I deleted this.

This thread is not to say asics rule gpus suck and fpga's are tripping ..

All three have a place in the game. I don't want to discuss why the game fails without all three and even cpus are needed for the game to work.

If you choose to be all asic good it is your choice. If you choose to be inclusive also good that is your choice.
If you choose to insult gpu miners in this thread or insult asic miners or insult fpga miners or insult cpu miners with terms like butthurt or idiotic  I delete it.

back to the thread.  solar has some value in smaller ops off grid.

buysolar has spent months looking for a good inverter converter power source for a 1000 to 1600 watt setup.

My push is in this direction here is why.

Lets take sha-256 asics 

 I own t1
avalon 841
s9
s9i on the way.  all of them run about 92 to 110 watts per th

the new go B2 lists at 81 watts per th.

even if bitmain and avalon do 7nm  they will not go much better then 75 watts per 1 th.

so do some math if the solar setup I get built comes to 4 cent a kwatt over ten years

vs 10 cents a watt buying from a hosting service.

it is viable  to run a 110 watt per th miner
vs a 75 watt per th miner.

So the game goes back to low power cost = winner winner chicken dinner.





Sorry if I offended you Phil.  I wasn't attacking anyone or any style of mining.  In fact, I don't own ASICs or FPGAs, only GPUs and CPUs.  Let me rephrase my point;  I think its shortsighted and misinformed to want a coin to hardfork simply because an Nvidia or AMD GPU is no longer the most cost effective way to mine.
newbie
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Any updated link to Marvell2's discord for the rvn pool?

all posted have expired 
legendary
Activity: 3444
Merit: 1061
What do you guys think about BCI (Bitcoin Interest)? Lately I see it has good profit for equihash algo if we trust whattomine says.
I'm not sure about this one, that's why I'm asking you Smiley

don't know much


https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin-interest/

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin-interest/#markets

opened as high as 21 usd  now at 5 or 6

Now I looked at it. It is paying about 2% interest  a month.

I simply fail to see how they can pay 2% a month. 18 million of 21 million coins have been mined.

This coin reminds me of ppc

I won’t get involved in pos/pow coins that pay interest.

I won’t get involved in pos coin that pay interest.

I fail to see how these coins can generate 2% a month.

I own POS coins...if i like it i hold them..i got a coin with 1% interest per year

there is an obvious advantage if it is still a small marketcap coin....at least miners are not constantly dumping and putting pressure on buy orders/support-works if it will take a bit longer time for development and devs still have to work on things. a multipool can also work as a mining option that mines other coins, dump them and buy a POS coin..... also it incentives users for holding them since it earns interest..

well i'm a crypto guy..i'm always open whatever is on the table..

there is a sure thing here in crypto...that's "innovation" my GPUs are now more beefy, compared in the past 5 years...there will always be a next big thing or the next big/medium/small pump and dump Cheesy ..imagine my GPUs now, what if, it is what it is when ethereum is launched?

i always looked at a coin and imagine long term...but always remember to take profits  Wink

folks...remember when you look at coin emission curve, do you see USD?...you see XMR, BTC, ETH and so on hehe..

I agree on phil's renewable energy upgrade route..next time he could care less on gear being outdated or coins profitability as long as it is profitable enough..it will be all about if he has enough time and energy to maximize profits.


legendary
Activity: 4256
Merit: 8551
'The right to privacy matters'
 a sale for 256 gb ssd


 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-MZ-76P2T0BW-860-PRO-Solid-state-drive-256GB-SATA-III-2-5-inch-512-MB/222902404409?

use this coupon PERFECT10  10% off  112 net.  and if you use https://www.ebates.com/ebay  1% plus 1 % bucks plus 2 %   pay with paypal cc

so 112 - 4 = 108  and it is a pro version ssd.




or take a shot on this one at 65 bucks

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mushkin-TRIACTOR-3DL-256GB-Internal-Solid-State-Drive-SSD-2-5-Inch-SA/183099268676?hash=item2aa1911e44:g:r40AAOSwRkBalbYO
full member
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Theranos Coin - IoT + micro-blood arrays = Moon!
I'm looking at converting a few rigs from USB/nvOC to SSD/Windows.

What's the cheapest way of achieving this? $40 120GB SSD? will it run on 60-64GB SSD?
Do I need a particular version of Windows to get 7-8 GPU (nvidia) working? or just Windows 10 patched up to date?


Get 120GB or even 256GB.  Windows 10 will mostly make your life easier but when you have everything set up, turn off the updates. Somewhere in this thread, within the past month or so, there were some links to som e good utilities to help stop with the Windows updates.  Windows 10 Fall Creators Update worked well across a number of rigs, Nvidia/AMD cards, I think that is 1703 but would have to check.

With Windows, a 60GB SSD probably isn't going to cut it for very long.
legendary
Activity: 4256
Merit: 8551
'The right to privacy matters'
Problems abound due to the huge fall runup.

Bitmain saw really big profits last year.


So much so they got ideas on what to do with excess profits.

I find it very interesting that  innosilicon now has

A better zec miner more hash less power.
A better decred miner more hash less power.
A better sia miner more hash less power.
A better sha miner more hash less power.

As compared to bitmain.

Yeah bitmain is cheaper but the specs are better for innosilicon.

This kind of proves how ridiculous it is that people are howling for hardforks every time a new asic comes out.  Obviously they are butthurt that their GPUs will no longer be as profitable.  But when multiple companies are making ASIC miners and competing with each other, how exactly does that cause centralization?  No different than only 2 GPU companies competing.   The notion of decentralization based on expensive and inefficient but widely available (though availability is a subjective term) GPUs is kind of idiotic.  It would almost be like rules requiring all prospectors to use pans from the 1800s for gold mining because its more fair than large companies with industrial equipment.

I ask for no nasty attacks you did a nasty attack I deleted this.

This thread is not to say asics rule gpus suck and fpga's are tripping ..

All three have a place in the game. I don't want to discuss why the game fails without all three and even cpus are needed for the game to work.

If you choose to be all asic good it is your choice. If you choose to be inclusive also good that is your choice.
If you choose to insult gpu miners in this thread or insult asic miners or insult fpga miners or insult cpu miners with terms like butthurt or idiotic  I delete it.

back to the thread.  solar has some value in smaller ops off grid.

buysolar has spent months looking for a good inverter converter power source for a 1000 to 1600 watt setup.

My push is in this direction here is why.

Lets take sha-256 asics 

 I own t1
avalon 841
s9
s9i on the way.  all of them run about 92 to 110 watts per th

the new go B2 lists at 81 watts per th.

even if bitmain and avalon do 7nm  they will not go much better then 75 watts per 1 th.

so do some math if the solar setup I get built comes to 4 cent a kwatt over ten years

vs 10 cents a watt buying from a hosting service.

it is viable  to run a 110 watt per th miner
vs a 75 watt per th miner.

So the game goes back to low power cost = winner winner chicken dinner.



full member
Activity: 349
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I'm looking at converting a few rigs from USB/nvOC to SSD/Windows.

What's the cheapest way of achieving this? $40 120GB SSD? will it run on 60-64GB SSD?
Do I need a particular version of Windows to get 7-8 GPU (nvidia) working? or just Windows 10 patched up to date?

I'd recommend 120GB to be safe. I tried saving a few bucks on smaller SSDs but when I upgraded some rigs to cards with more ram windows needed more pagefile so I ended up upgrading the SSDs anyway.

Win 10 is good with 7-8 GPU out of the box. Try and lockdown updates so you can choose when/if to update rather than waking up and finding everything offline.
full member
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I'm looking at converting a few rigs from USB/nvOC to SSD/Windows.

What's the cheapest way of achieving this? $40 120GB SSD? will it run on 60-64GB SSD?
Do I need a particular version of Windows to get 7-8 GPU (nvidia) working? or just Windows 10 patched up to date?
full member
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legendary
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'The right to privacy matters'
full member
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Theranos Coin - IoT + micro-blood arrays = Moon!

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i think us gpu guys neen more small easy projects like this to maximize our earnings
theres so many factors against us we cant have pools skimming too.  I have no issues with a low 1% fee but then to not ever pay those 130% and 150 % block days like ever? reeks of. theft imo.

Yes.  Exactly this.
legendary
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---- winter*juvia -----
I kinda miss buying s3's for $40, mining for 3-4 months then selling them for $60 and finding another for $40 to take its place....

Who knows the s-9  may be under 400 or 500 soon

here they are for 749 on ebay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Bitmain-Antminer-S9i-14T-May-batch-ship-now/132631743423?

That’s what I’m waiting for!!!
those s9 to drop below 500$ so I can buy a couple of them

The GMO 24TH miner runs at just under 2k/watts

If you are running a farm, power consumption, savings is key.

Also the new 7nm design, likely produces less heat and reduce overall cooling cost.

So overall, the new GMO miner could be a better deal overall for farms in the long term.

Warranty wise, I do hope GMO have better support.

Bitmain has notorious poor support, long RMA and failure rate.

The 92 out of 108 S9 units we purchased in June 2016 are still running now.... 16 units did survive - out of warranty and without part replacement.

The A721, A741 = total 323 units however ... every single one is still online. Best performance these Avalons.

We did however do fan replacement in older A721s and few power boards, but they are back hashing.
hero member
Activity: 672
Merit: 500
I kinda miss buying s3's for $40, mining for 3-4 months then selling them for $60 and finding another for $40 to take its place....

Who knows the s-9  may be under 400 or 500 soon

here they are for 749 on ebay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Bitmain-Antminer-S9i-14T-May-batch-ship-now/132631743423?

That’s what I’m waiting for!!!
those s9 to drop below 500$ so I can buy a couple of them

If the D3s drop below 200$ I’m going to grab a few more
sr. member
Activity: 475
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Ooh La La, C'est Zoom!
If you are interested in Solar, HomePower is a decent publication to get (digital issues/print issues, access to all back copies in digital PDF format).  You can do small solar pretty easily with good crimpers, Chinese connectors, and so forth.

Thanks for the info. I'll check HomePower out.
legendary
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Merit: 3614
what is this "brake pedal" you speak of?
Side note
Did anyone order the trezor t ??
yes my t arrived yesterday. setting it up tomorrow (31 may).

already have two trezor ones.

Let me know if you like it

love it so far.

usb c cable clicks in place, you know its secure and it can dangle off your desk or whatever no problems.

screen is great, good colors, good response. sometimes a bit tight entering pin/passphrases but its not that bad.

you may want to order a longer usb "B" to "C" cable, the one that comes with it is kinda short. thats if you dont have usb C on your computer of course.

browser UI is the same as before, no surprises there.

it can recover trezor one 24 word seeds even though stock it will default to 12 words seeds.

all in all a very easy transition. slowly moving funds over to it.
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