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Topic: how do i set up a bitcoin miner? (Read 109 times)

legendary
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June 17, 2021, 11:41:59 AM
#13
He's not buying a new miner, so I'm correct.

You are still wrong, most used miners come blank as well ( most sellers don't want to reveal their pool and worker details), so the chances of whatever you are claiming to happen are slim to nothing.
legendary
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June 16, 2021, 10:15:53 PM
#12

will it be pre setup to mine?
Worse is that since they are asking such a question while looking at used miners, they will be absolutely clueless about re-flashing the miner to be sure it does not have malware installed on it. Given that, who knows where & who it would be preset to mine at & for.
legendary
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June 16, 2021, 10:01:30 PM
#11
It will be, and it will also be configured to mine to the wallet of someone else.

The pool setup will not be blank, it will have someone else's mining information in it.


Wrong, since the lawsuit against Bitmain in 2018 all of their miners today (and most other miners) come blank and the miner won't start mining until you enter your pool and worker details.
He's not buying a new miner, so I'm correct.
legendary
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June 16, 2021, 08:19:55 PM
#10
It will be, and it will also be configured to mine to the wallet of someone else.

The pool setup will not be blank, it will have someone else's mining information in it.


Wrong, since the lawsuit against Bitmain in 2018 all of their miners today (and most other miners) come blank and the miner won't start mining until you enter your pool and worker details.

braiins for instance points to slush but with a dead worker it is designed to not mine.

if it is blank it won’t  load

so it uses something like “this is a dead worker”

so the miner fires up and no hashes are sent to slush. until you put in a real worker.

or change to a different pool with a correct setup.
legendary
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June 16, 2021, 06:59:16 PM
#9
It will be, and it will also be configured to mine to the wallet of someone else.

The pool setup will not be blank, it will have someone else's mining information in it.


Wrong, since the lawsuit against Bitmain in 2018 all of their miners today (and most other miners) come blank and the miner won't start mining until you enter your pool and worker details.
legendary
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June 15, 2021, 08:50:33 PM
#8
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will it be pre setup to mine?
It will be, and it will also be configured to mine to the wallet of someone else.

The pool setup will not be blank, it will have someone else's mining information in it.
So if you even just turn it on, it will start mining for someone else.

You must at least change the pool setup page to your mining account on the pool you wish to mine on.

Also if it doesn't have original firmware in it, it will always mine some % of the time to someone else even after you change the pool settings.

Thus it is also highly advisable to reflash the firmware to original, since many people put firmware in miners that takes some or all of your mining, no matter what you set in the pool setup page.
legendary
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June 15, 2021, 06:23:17 PM
#7
Even if it is, which I doubt, do you really want to run a pre-set miner? Where would you get your mining reward?

Just so we don't go with interpretation of what "set-up" means, and judging by the OP, it's pretty clear he means some installation of a certain software/firmware, which in that case, you are wrong because all miners today are indeed pre-set.


will it be pre setup to mine?

The asic miner in the link you posted is T9+ by bitmain, yes it comes ready to mine, all you have to do is fill these 3 fields




The password is usually just "x" for most pools, the URL is something that the mining pool you join will give you, and the worker name is something you set in your pool account, pretty straightforward and takes no more than 2-3 mins to get it up and running.

With that being said, 1.2k for antminer T9+ is way too much, this gear is now worth about $200 or less in China including a PSU, so the max you should pay for it should be below $300, it's not effienct and if your power rate is above 2-3 cents you won't be making any profit, and it runs pretty hot as well, but it's a good learning object if you just want to start with it, however, do not expect to become rich mining with that old gear.
hero member
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June 15, 2021, 12:19:26 PM
#6
will it be pre setup to mine?

Even if it is, which I doubt, do you really want to run a pre-set miner? Where would you get your mining reward?
legendary
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June 15, 2021, 12:19:04 PM
#5
Did you even read that 1st time miners link?

That amazon ad is another scam: It is used, very old gear from several years ago, way over priced, no PSU, bad/wrong/misleading info in the ad... Roll Eyes
legendary
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June 15, 2021, 12:15:48 PM
#4
If you use the title as your keyword in Google then it will lead you to a guide for building mining rig or GPU miner it's not actually a miner for Bitcoin they are mining altcoin but paid out in BTC.

If you want to mine Bitcoin you will need ASIC machines that support SHA256 algo if you don't have ASIC machines then you can't able to mine bitcoin even you have a super computer.

Check this list of ASIC machines below it includes profitability and only check the SHA256 algo miner.

- http://asicminervalue.com/

ASIC miner is easy to set up just put your pool and ready to mine and if you directly bought a ASIC machines from manufacturer they will also include the documentation and guide on how to use the miner.
legendary
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June 15, 2021, 12:00:19 PM
#2
"From google"? Whatchoo talkin' about Willis?
Bitcoin miners are hardware. You might want to refer to this link for 1st time miners which by the way if you had bothered to look is pinned at the top of where you posted...
newbie
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June 15, 2021, 07:16:25 AM
#1
ive tried several of them from google and none of them work can i get some help setting them up please?
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