Topic: Remember the days of the Block erupter? (Read 4223 times)
Block Erupters were great when it first came out. It was small, very energy efficient and you could plug it into notebooks and start mining. Those days were not that long ago, only about 18 months. Now it is virtually impossible to mine at home.
GPU mining was hard work.
Finding a computer carcass with a limping OS.
Slapping a $150 power supply in it and a $400 video card.
Configuring vnc, so when it inevitably stopped mining you could quickly connect to it and give it a kind slap across the desktop.
And then you kids come on my lawn and plug in your fancy USB, twang-danglers.
Bah.
I hope you burn yerselfs.
Finding a computer carcass with a limping OS.
Slapping a $150 power supply in it and a $400 video card.
Configuring vnc, so when it inevitably stopped mining you could quickly connect to it and give it a kind slap across the desktop.
And then you kids come on my lawn and plug in your fancy USB, twang-danglers.
Bah.
I hope you burn yerselfs.
Ah, the days of the block erupter, were you didn't have to worry about your electric bill and you could just simply mine. 
Yeah those were some good old days. Very little heat,little electricity bill and profits coming in
Hmm, I don't remember any profit coming in off of Block Erupters. Unless your really Friedcat.
Maybe I'll crack a block solo mining with mine. Then they will have paid off.
Ah, the days of the block erupter, were you didn't have to worry about your electric bill and you could just simply mine.
Yeah those were some good old days. Very little heat,little electricity bill and profits coming in,I miss them.I thought block erupters will develop too with the upcoming of asics but seems they didn't much as I expected.
How much does a time machine cost? (in BTC)
100 000 Acoins
How much does a time machine cost? (in BTC)
Was hopping scrypt asic will never come, it almost crashed the profit for GPU really hard..
Now I kinda miss my Block Erupter Cube 
I still make profit mining its how you do it that counts
lol the BE's "back in the days.." you mean a year ago.. if you want to talk nostalgia try World of Warcraft.. 9+ years coming up on 10 years.. Now that's "back in the days.."
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And yes i owned 69 of them and made ~ 5 btc off them and blew 20 btc..
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And yes i owned 69 of them and made ~ 5 btc off them and blew 20 btc..
I just bought a Block Erupter for $5
Figured I'd give it a shot. My electricity is only .038 lol 
lol the BE's "back in the days.." you mean a year ago.. if you want to talk nostalgia try World of Warcraft.. 9+ years coming up on 10 years.. Now that's "back in the days.."
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And yes i owned 69 of them and made ~ 5 btc off them and blew 20 btc..
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And yes i owned 69 of them and made ~ 5 btc off them and blew 20 btc..
I certainly remember that I paid 2.1 BTC each for my first block erupters.
Mine Acoin it is like an old version of bitcoin check it out at https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-acoin-sha-256-new-currency-with-random-rewards-and-quick-blocktimes-761818
Nah there is no end of evolution. People will always find new ways.
Next step could be quantum processors. Many people expect it to be the next big step in computering (maybe in a few decades/centuries Bitcoin would have to be reinvented because this technology has too much computing power )
Next step could be quantum processors. Many people expect it to be the next big step in computering (maybe in a few decades/centuries Bitcoin would have to be reinvented because this technology has too much computing power
)Wrong all species do not evolve some die off and become extinct.
There is not much money in this game and if someone develops a 'q' cpu they only need a few to mine with.
They will take a lesson from asic builders and just mine baby.
I remember the days... happy times .
That anker metal hub was a beast. Sold those aswell when I switched to blades. I wish I would have kept one for fun at this point but I sold them all. I still can not explain why people paid more for certain colors. Only miner i can think of profit on sell depended on color to a point lol.
.That anker metal hub was a beast. Sold those aswell when I switched to blades. I wish I would have kept one for fun at this point but I sold them all. I still can not explain why people paid more for certain colors. Only miner i can think of profit on sell depended on color to a point lol.
Nah there is no end of evolution. People will always find new ways.
Next step could be quantum processors. Many people expect it to be the next big step in computering (maybe in a few decades/centuries Bitcoin would have to be reinvented because this technology has too much computing power )
Next step could be quantum processors. Many people expect it to be the next big step in computering (maybe in a few decades/centuries Bitcoin would have to be reinvented because this technology has too much computing power
)Wrong all species do not evolve some die off and become extinct.
There is not much money in this game and if someone develops a 'q' cpu they only need a few to mine with.
They will take a lesson from asic builders and just mine baby.
LOL, I actually just sold my block erupters for $8 a month ago. Its was funny watching them fall in price....
Or the days before that, when a single GPU could easily make 0.01 BTC per day. That was kind of nice.
Look what money hungry people have done to us today.And people say bitcoin is setting us free from financial monarchy.It's shit to tell the truthSo I was at my bank today and I....wait no I wasn't - they decided they needed a holiday. Good thing the bitcoin network is going 24/7/365. Live in the past if you will.
Or the days before that, when a single GPU could easily make 0.01 BTC per day. That was kind of nice.
Look what money hungry people have done to us today.And people say bitcoin is setting us free from financial monarchy.It's shit to tell the truth 
No, it's impossible to make a *profit* on mining. It's a perfect marketplace and while it's possible to make some money in the short term, long term profits are impossible.
My BE are used as little heat generators. Eventually they will be scrap or something.
As for the past, back then bitcoins were worthless, if you want to relive that, mine some silly altcoin or doge or something on that order. :-)
My BE are used as little heat generators. Eventually they will be scrap or something.
As for the past, back then bitcoins were worthless, if you want to relive that, mine some silly altcoin or doge or something on that order. :-)
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