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fattypig

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Quote from: p.jensen.dkk on May 11, 2014, 06:45:38 PM

hello i am thinking about starting mining not to be rich but just to make some extra coin
i have been looking around on different hardware and i like those asic usd
my budget is only big enough to bye 46 asic bitcoin mining usb and what ever i need to make it work

so my question is how much would i be able to make on that setup
it need not be precis just an estimate

and would it be more profitable if went after litecoin instead

Please don't buy any USB, they are worthless..

ChuckBuck

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Quote from: hdbuck on May 14, 2014, 05:09:18 PM

Quote from: ChuckBuck on May 14, 2014, 04:12:21 PM

Quote from: p.jensen.dkk on May 14, 2014, 04:01:47 PM

first of all i am doing this for fun and of course i hope to make a little coin or two
and i have free electricity

i have been looking at (Bitfury Twin Chip USB ASIC bitcoin miner 4~5 GH/s) it cost 45$
and also (49 Port Powered USB 2.0 Hub) 200$
and a Raspberry Pi whit card and cables 70,99$

there is room for 28 usb miner in the usb hub so that is around 140GH/s
is that okay to start whit

and the whole setup will only cost me around 1530$

If you're thinking of throwing away money at USB sticks at 140 GH/s for $1530 I have a better solution for you:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/closed-group-buy-ant-s2-1650-may-25th-150150-antminer-s3-coming-soon-608147

Get in on that Group Buy for $1650, and you'll end up with an S2 at 1 TH/s shipped in over a week or 10 times what you almost threw your money at.

Thank me later.

or he could just buy 6 S1 for less than 3 BTC Cheesy

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=417159.0;topicseen

I would've suggested the S-1's too just to get the extra hash, but with Bitmain's reveal that you'll be able to overclock to 1.8-2 TH/s with the S2 soon, I think the S2's the better way to go.

hdbuck

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Quote from: ChuckBuck on May 14, 2014, 04:12:21 PM

Quote from: p.jensen.dkk on May 14, 2014, 04:01:47 PM

first of all i am doing this for fun and of course i hope to make a little coin or two
and i have free electricity

i have been looking at (Bitfury Twin Chip USB ASIC bitcoin miner 4~5 GH/s) it cost 45$
and also (49 Port Powered USB 2.0 Hub) 200$
and a Raspberry Pi whit card and cables 70,99$

there is room for 28 usb miner in the usb hub so that is around 140GH/s
is that okay to start whit

and the whole setup will only cost me around 1530$

If you're thinking of throwing away money at USB sticks at 140 GH/s for $1530 I have a better solution for you:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/closed-group-buy-ant-s2-1650-may-25th-150150-antminer-s3-coming-soon-608147

Get in on that Group Buy for $1650, and you'll end up with an S2 at 1 TH/s shipped in over a week or 10 times what you almost threw your money at.

Thank me later.

or he could just buy 6 S1 for less than 3 BTC Cheesy

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=417159.0;topicseen

dyland

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We must become the pitiless censors of ourselves.

I'd have to say NO.

I've sunk about 10K overall into mining in two months and have made about $1000.00 back at this point. My profits will deteriorate in 2-3 months and then I will be left with maybe half of my investment back--if I am lucky.

It sort of totally sucks.

Although it was sort of neat to play with the devices and whatnot I would rather bought a new car and I feel like a huge fool.

Oh, and I didn't even mention all the time it has taken away from my life trying to get it running perfectly, monitoring, etc.

HUGE EXPENSIVE HEADACHE.

JUST BUY BTC.

I would have 20+ BTC right now if I had just bought instead of 2, 2 #$&@ing BTC.

ChuckBuck

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Quote from: p.jensen.dkk on May 14, 2014, 04:01:47 PM

first of all i am doing this for fun and of course i hope to make a little coin or two
and i have free electricity

i have been looking at (Bitfury Twin Chip USB ASIC bitcoin miner 4~5 GH/s) it cost 45$
and also (49 Port Powered USB 2.0 Hub) 200$
and a Raspberry Pi whit card and cables 70,99$

there is room for 28 usb miner in the usb hub so that is around 140GH/s
is that okay to start whit

and the whole setup will only cost me around 1530$

If you're thinking of throwing away money at USB sticks at 140 GH/s for $1530 I have a better solution for you:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/closed-group-buy-ant-s2-1650-may-25th-150150-antminer-s3-coming-soon-608147

Get in on that Group Buy for $1650, and you'll end up with an S2 at 1 TH/s shipped in over a week or 10 times what you almost threw your money at.

Thank me later.

bitcoin4eva

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No not the USB sticks! Buy a bigger machine. Antminer S1's are the best W/GH atm I think. Go for those. They are also cheap.

p.jensen.dkk

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first of all i am doing this for fun and of course i hope to make a little coin or two
and i have free electricity

i have been looking at (Bitfury Twin Chip USB ASIC bitcoin miner 4~5 GH/s) it cost 45$
and also (49 Port Powered USB 2.0 Hub) 200$
and a Raspberry Pi whit card and cables 70,99$

there is room for 28 usb miner in the usb hub so that is around 140GH/s
is that okay to start whit

and the whole setup will only cost me around 1530$

omehenk

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Quote from: omehenk on May 11, 2014, 10:21:13 PM

And the Next ask the same....

Mebe read A little on the forum ?

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Wow what a nasty little response you have there to a person asking for advice. NEW person i might add.

p.jensen.dkk pay no attentions to Dick remarks from user like him.

My advice is to start small tinker around with USB miners and this way if you don't like it you can walk away with minimal loss.

good luck and happy mining

Well am a dick. Wink

I do read first wen i want to Know something .
Its so easy to find that unless u have a lot off money ,only then,u can ,mebe" make a roi.

A usb miner to start that is also not a good advise .
He is from denmark..right? u know what power cost there?

Just buy bitc, it save u a lot of problems.
AS I know am a big miner and its all a pain in the ass.

The people who are selling the stuff are not " Ever, keeping there promise.!!!

H Cool

ChuckBuck

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No not worth it.

In order to mine for profit, you need cheap or free electricity, need power efficient ASIC mining equiipment, and decent cooling to ensure uptime and continuous operation.

Ideally this would be in a datacenter environment. Unless you have budget for both mining equipment and datacenter hosting, probably not worth it for you.

If you're just doing it as a hobby, a USB hub with a few USB miners should be fine for fun and learning about the technology.

taipo

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Kia ora!

Bitcoin mining USB sticks only mine bitcoin. There is a USB stick that does Litecoin, but from what I can see, you are referring to the now very outdated 330 MH/s USB sticks from yesteryear. 46 of those will give you about 15 GH/s all up, or about 40c a day at current difficulty, and by XMAS, about 13c a day.

Take into account about 100 watts an hour 46 USBs would accumulatively use, plus the power draw of the hubs, and you would be left with nothing, or close to nothing, if not running at a loss.

p.jensen.dkk

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i am not doing it to be rich

i was looking this site https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

i think i am doeing it wrong
46usb X 330kh/s = 15180kh/s
when i put that in the bitcoin calculator it gave 0.0004144usd a day
but when i put it in the litecoin calculator it gave 23.1usd a day

can that be right or have i misunderstood this......

taipo

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Kia ora!

Quote from: p.jensen.dkk on May 11, 2014, 06:45:38 PM

hello i am thinking about starting mining not to be rich but just to make some extra coin
i have been looking around on different hardware and i like those asic usd
my budget is only big enough to bye 46 asic bitcoin mining usb and what ever i need to make it work

so my question is how much would i be able to make on that setup
it need not be precis just an estimate

and would it be more profitable if went after litecoin instead

If you are serious about getting into BTC mining, then there really can only be two ways to go, one is to run it for the sake of supporting the community, two is to make money from it, which means not playing around with USB toys unless in the near future someone comes up with a 100 GH/s USB miner, at which point, yes 46 of them would get you in the game.

omehenk

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And the Next ask the same....

Mebe read A little on the forum ?

H

p.jensen.dkk

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hello i am thinking about starting mining not to be rich but just to make some extra coin
i have been looking around on different hardware and i like those asic usd
my budget is only big enough to bye 46 asic bitcoin mining usb and what ever i need to make it work

so my question is how much would i be able to make on that setup
it need not be precis just an estimate

and would it be more profitable if went after litecoin instead

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