Topic: I want to start Mining (Read 512 times)

Why do you say that ASICs have no resale value?
The era of video cards is coming to an end, and there are many markets for used asics too. If electricity is expensive in your country, then selling a 2-3 year old ASIC is difficult, but this is not the case in all countries. Even old ASIC S9 are sold in my country for $30.

first how much electric cost in your place, skip if 0.1$+, from 0.05$ then starting to makes profit, remember minimum profit is 100% from electric price
at this point and for safe long term future get asic sha256 at best price/performance and check stock whic asic ready in your area living/country,
i wouldnt recomend buy asic oversea without warranty. buying gpu is safer bet if your plan fail in the future you can sell it to gamer.
asic = no resale value but at this very moment is most profitable for long term use and easy to manage,
gpu = has resale value if you bought second hand, and wait till bullrun to activate the miner, at this point you can gain knowledge and prepare for next bullrun. just try buy 2 gpus instead for learning

This is what I was talking about. I was telling the same thing to the user HashingTower. But you said all the same 

I think we are talking about different things. You are not new to the forum and the rank on the forum does not indicate the qualifications of the miner.
But since any experienced miner has a lot of experience communicating with other miners, he can look at the posts of other participants and understand who has experience and who talks a lot about mining without experience.

Good technicians will still learn something from mining. Like doctors with specializations, you will be dealing with heat and electrical stuff like never before in a technician's world hehe

I am sorry, I have to disagree. Being a newbie in this forum has no connection with his experience in maintaining computer hardware. I know some good technicians who even never heard of BitcoinTalk. Maybe some old miners do not have a BitcoinTalk account. Imagine one day a miner created a BitcoinTalk account and you judge him based on his account rank.

All the same, for mining you need to have experience in maintaining computer equipment and a little knowledge about safety in electrics. I have seen enough articles and videos of stupid miners who themselves do not understand the risk they put their hardware at. And without experience, a beginner will not be able to prepare a room for mining himself.

Someone is a newbie in this forum doesn't mean they are illiterate and don't know how to set up something. Nobody learns from their mom's stomach. Everyone has to at some point. You will see a bunch of tech guy in this forum who writes code and they are newbie in this forum.

Lol, this thread is 2 years old...

Mining is the process of verifying and recording transactions on a blockchain network using powerful computers to solve complex mathematical problems. Cryptocurrency is a popular and potentially profitable activity in the digital age. You, as a cryptocurrency miner, earn newly created digital coins by doing computational work on a decentralized network. But keep in mind that cryptocurrency mining requires specialized computer hardware, electricity, and a thorough understanding of the mining process for optimal results. Moreover, market volatility, power consumption and regulation management issues should be well looked into before venturing into cryptocurrency mining.

If this is so true how come ETH mining difficulty is so high till date? If this is so true how come there are scarcity of GPUs around the world? If this is so true where are all the GPUs from China after their government ban crypto mining in the country? Do good research first before making statements

$500 a month is certainly possible these days but you would be surprised how many people I know which will say “only $500 a month? I thought crypto was going to make me rich”! And even if the $500 was guaranteed with little investment most wouldn’t go for it.

The issue is in my tight circle of friends, most that made lots of money in crypto mined when mining was not profitable. One guy I know mined with an ASIC that he bought for $20 on Craigslist and he mined at a loss everyday. However he knew back in 2015 that BTC is the future and he will get at least $10000 a coin. He used like 500watta of power and he only made like 0.003 BTC a day, which was nothing but then but he kept it all forgot about it and I think he didn’t sell at $10K but sold at $3K.

How many people do you know in 2021 that will mine at a loss and hold it for $250K? Probably nobody willing to do that. They just want their $500 a day, now and that’s it.

500 in a month is actually easy with just two 3090, i doubt he is askign for 500 a day, that's stupid...

Perhaps mining now is no longer profitable for 2017. There have been a lot of rigs that have to be thrown away because of not enough electricity.

You are right, I don't like wasting my time on newbies that want to have idea about crypto mining because in the end they will walk away, this isn't even about difficulty, some people are just too lazy to monitor rig, maintain them and tweak them too, they just want plug and play, I built one for a friend and he sold them a month later saying he doesn't like the idea

I’ve been in crypto since 2013 years or so and most people whenever they hear that I’m an expert they ask me about mining. I explain to them how you need specific equipment such as ASICS and low power costs. When they find out you make so little they either think I’m lying or just they give up.

Bitcoin and crypto is associated with the whole “get rich quick” mentality. Because when you think of a Bitcoin investor you think of someone that is wealthy. And it’s true for those that mined back in the day with their old GPUs. However many don’t realize that there is something called difficulty and that it’s vert difficult for a new comer to make decent money with mining let alone “get rich quick” type of money. If it was this easy, everybody would be mining instead of working.

He wants like $500 a day..... honestly hes asking way too much. Im guessing he doesn't have hundreds of thousands $ spare.

$900k is the amount OP would have to spend buying BNBs to get 1 BNB daily STAKING earnings.



IMO your simplest way to start is buy a single BNB (it's the minimum amount which can be staked so rather buy a little more because of withdrawal fees). Lock it for staking ... see how it works ... decide further approach.
The thing is if BNB price skyrockets to $1k then you will keep earning 1 BNBs daily by staking. But had you bought mining rig (e.g. 9x a10pro as suggested above ) you would be earning $450 daily (but only 0.5 BNB ). Catch my drift?
On the other hand it could be exact opposite ... but that's up to you to decide (take the risk). Do not rely solely on others opinions, make our own.

I would say BNB was a good choice of yours.
If you believe BNBs has a potential and price will keep going up then the best way is to directly buy BNB and stake.
If you're not sure or in doubt about BNB upward price movement then look for alternative.

Just be aware taking care of mining farm is not an easy task (depends on your technical background). You could be facing power, heat, noise issues, equipment failures etc. ( staking is way more comfortable for an average Joe user )
Most of current standard ASICs are very noisy machines with huge power draw which you simply can't keep at home.
 
HINT: visit asicminervalue.com to see ASICs noise levels,power draws, profitability ... and make your choice.

Maybe what you need is a crypto mining calculator? You can see how much a GPU will give your every 24 hrs/day so you will know how many GPUs you can afford to buy

https://minerstat.com/hardware/nvidia-gtx-1660

Enough threads on this forum telling you what you need to do, if you can be bothered to read through them. Start topics when you are stuck somewhere, not when you're too lazy to do any groundwork.