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kingcolex

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Quote from: philipma1957 on June 25, 2014, 03:54:23 PM

Quote from: Reclaim3r on June 25, 2014, 03:30:01 PM

Quote from: maxl on June 25, 2014, 02:19:33 PM

The sticks normally don't make ROI. They are only to test mining and have fun.
A antminer u2 costs about 20$ for 1.6 GH/s that's 12.5$ per GH/s.
While other miners cost 1-2$ per GH/s.

Well, that explains a lot

And yet, I see a lot of people have made some massive USB mining farms. I guess they too are also "having fun" Cheesy

I ran up to 127 of them sold most off but I am mining a few on bitsolo.net

these sticks are pulling under 35 watts

Thats where my erupters were until my Gaw miner Fury came in, then the USB hub and PI was set to better things.

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Quote from: TheRealSteve on June 25, 2014, 03:45:34 PM

Quote from: Reclaim3r on June 25, 2014, 03:30:01 PM

And yet, I see a lot of people have made some massive USB mining farms. I guess they too are also "having fun" Cheesy

admit it - you want one Wink

I have to admit it, yes, I would love to have one Cheesy

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Quote from: Reclaim3r on June 25, 2014, 03:30:01 PM

Quote from: maxl on June 25, 2014, 02:19:33 PM

The sticks normally don't make ROI. They are only to test mining and have fun.
A antminer u2 costs about 20$ for 1.6 GH/s that's 12.5$ per GH/s.
While other miners cost 1-2$ per GH/s.

Well, that explains a lot

And yet, I see a lot of people have made some massive USB mining farms. I guess they too are also "having fun" Cheesy

I ran up to 127 of them sold most off but I am mining a few on bitsolo.net

these sticks are pulling under 35 watts

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FUN > ROI

Quote from: Reclaim3r on June 25, 2014, 03:30:01 PM

And yet, I see a lot of people have made some massive USB mining farms. I guess they too are also "having fun" Cheesy

admit it - you want one Wink

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Quote from: maxl on June 25, 2014, 02:19:33 PM

The sticks normally don't make ROI. They are only to test mining and have fun.
A antminer u2 costs about 20$ for 1.6 GH/s that's 12.5$ per GH/s.
While other miners cost 1-2$ per GH/s.

Well, that explains a lot

And yet, I see a lot of people have made some massive USB mining farms. I guess they too are also "having fun" Cheesy

maxl

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The sticks normally don't make ROI. They are only to test mining and have fun.
A antminer u2 costs about 20$ for 1.6 GH/s that's 12.5$ per GH/s.
While other miners cost 1-2$ per GH/s.

TheRealSteve

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FUN > ROI

Quote from: Reclaim3r on June 25, 2014, 02:09:37 PM

I've seen a plethora of USB stick miners enter the market but doesn't the price just make ROI unbearably long? Are they even worth it?

Define the 'it'.

[ StickMiners - Where FUN > ROI ]
( That thread has a section on ROI if that's the 'it' you were wondering about. )

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I've seen a plethora of USB stick miners enter the market but doesn't the price just make ROI unbearably long? Are they even worth it?

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