So, I'm not a miner and have yet to try it. It doesn't sound as profitable as just trading the coins. If I were to mine START, though, what equipment is used? Is it even profitable?
You should give it a shot, it's really fun. But unfortunately, with a regular setup you'll probably lose more on electricity nowadays.
a) You would either be using your graphics card's processing power to calculate the blocks, this was my method for mining.
I used a program called CCminer to "connect" my workers (bots you create, very easy) to the GPU. You could literally be mining in
under 5 minutes, it's that simple. But like I said, with a single GFX card you'll probably not even break even.
b) your CPU. (have not tried this, and is probably equally futile)
Miners who actually "get rich" mining, are probably those with (access to) a farm (large array of GFX cards or a bunch of servers)
Yet the "thrill" of mining your own coins is exhilarating
It's easier than you think, I'm sure.
