I know people that keep mining home at loss, just because they want to also gain their bits through mining.
If the mining game turns into a bigger arms race, I'm assuming that home miners will become something like full nodes. Not convenient to maintain one home but it helps to keep the network healthy and decentralised. With that said, there's also many people that mine as a hobby with minimal profit and others hoping that the price might go up again so they can break even.
Topic: small home mining, the future? (Read 2058 times)
try to imagine yourself in November of 2011 and apply the same logic, considering that price was low, halving was coming, miners were unprofitable, bitcoin was in the downtrend. How did that situation predicted the next 24 mo with bitcoin going from $2 to $1160? It didn't. I am not saying that we will have the same spurt, just that it is not really predictable.
Mining technology was growing at an exponential rate at the end of 2011 and that had a huge factor on btc value and network difficulty. We do not have that same exponential technology growth this time around. I think the halving is going to see a lot of large farms shut down. Eventually, after another couple halvings, farm mining will be cost ineffective and home mining will hopefully be the top dog. I think, in the long run, home mining dominating the network is "more healthy" for bitcoin than all these large multi-petahash farms.
try to imagine yourself in November of 2011 and apply the same logic, considering that price was low, halving was coming, miners were unprofitable, bitcoin was in the downtrend. How did that situation predicted the next 24 mo with bitcoin going from $2 to $1160? It didn't. I am not saying that we will have the same spurt, just that it is not really predictable.
Mining technology was growing at an exponential rate at the end of 2011 and that had a huge factor on btc value and network difficulty. We do not have that same exponential technology growth this time around. I think the halving is going to see a lot of large farms shut down. Eventually, after another couple halvings, farm mining will be cost ineffective and home mining will hopefully be the top dog. I think, in the long run, home mining dominating the network is "more healthy" for bitcoin than all these large multi-petahash farms.
The network needs grease to work. Okay. Nobody with sense will mine at a loss. But explain how the network won't work with only a few large mega farms and a few ASIC manufacturers. I don't quite see how it can't.
right now there is too much centralization on mining, when bitcoin is supposed to be decentralized, not looking good indeed
small miners need their spots, for this to happenen, the price should increase fast(faster than the diff), this should make mining profitable again even for casual miners
I think there will always be a spot for small miners. Right now with it being between generations on chips, it's a interesting time. The longer we remain waiting on next gen the better of small miners do.
it's better for them to sell their equipment, and buy bitcoin instead of wasting money on HW mining, there is no revenue right now for little miners
You can profit short and long term if you operate your mining operation correctly. Granted you need things such as low priced electricity.
I really don't see how to operate on profit long term even with low priced electricity and stable or slightly increasing bitcoin prices.
But you use the word "correctly" on purpose - would you mind elaborating? Thanks.
As far as mining now days do ROI and see if buying a machine or hosted miner makes most sense for you.
keeping your bitcoin makes more sense now. 
As far as mining now days do ROI and see if buying a machine or hosted miner makes most sense for you.
look at btc like a stock. it is huge success with $250+ shares. look at as currency. u can see ppl use it widely and with little fees. look at it from mining and u see dead end game always shifting who can b ahead in future. in end only small operation make the save and lots of loss for mining. mining only support it, yes can profit but only short while. 2 many have to dump over and over only hurting themselves and every operation further. believers>profiteers
You can profit short and long term if you operate your mining operation correctly. Granted you need things such as low priced electricity.
Would it even be worth mining at all ? if having around 1TH/s ? thanks !
You can go to bitcoin widom and do some ROI math.
We can help if you let us know price you pay for the miner and your electricity rate.
look at btc like a stock. it is huge success with $250+ shares. look at as currency. u can see ppl use it widely and with little fees. look at it from mining and u see dead end game always shifting who can b ahead in future. in end only small operation make the save and lots of loss for mining. mining only support it, yes can profit but only short while. 2 many have to dump over and over only hurting themselves and every operation further. believers>profiteers
In my opinion for there to be any profit for small home miners like ourselves then BTC needs to stay low. If the price remains constant, then some large farms might come online when newer technology comes out. If price goes down, no new technology will come out and difficulty will remain constant or decrease.
If price goes up, mining will be profitable for only a short amount of time.
If price goes up, mining will be profitable for only a short amount of time.
Would it even be worth mining at all ? if having around 1TH/s ? thanks !
The network needs grease to work. Okay. Nobody with sense will mine at a loss. But explain how the network won't work with only a few large mega farms and a few ASIC manufacturers. I don't quite see how it can't.
right now there is too much centralization on mining, when bitcoin is supposed to be decentralized, not looking good indeed
small miners need their spots, for this to happenen, the price should increase fast(faster than the diff), this should make mining profitable again even for casual miners
I think there will always be a spot for small miners. Right now with it being between generations on chips, it's a interesting time. The longer we remain waiting on next gen the better of small miners do.
The network needs grease to work. Okay. Nobody with sense will mine at a loss. But explain how the network won't work with only a few large mega farms and a few ASIC manufacturers. I don't quite see how it can't.
right now there is too much centralization on mining, when bitcoin is supposed to be decentralized, not looking good indeed
small miners need their spots, for this to happenen, the price should increase fast(faster than the diff), this should make mining profitable again even for casual miners
The network needs grease to work. Okay. Nobody with sense will mine at a loss. But explain how the network won't work with only a few large mega farms and a few ASIC manufacturers. I don't quite see how it can't.
Sure it would keep working, the blockchain will not stop. But it would lose it's decentralization model that it's always been thought of.
So, the decentralization model might be the ideal but will profit and pragmatism allow it to be so in the future?
I would say we don't know the future. Crypto cash is still pretty new overall. We are at the beginning of what it will be. Decentralization has always been important, but will it always be? I cant say.
Only thing we have to compare really was look at when a pool nears 51 percent. The community does not accept that so far.
The network needs grease to work. Okay. Nobody with sense will mine at a loss. But explain how the network won't work with only a few large mega farms and a few ASIC manufacturers. I don't quite see how it can't.
Sure it would keep working, the blockchain will not stop. But it would lose it's decentralization model that it's always been thought of.
And a US legal system founded on verdicts by a jury of our peers. What percentage of jailed inmates never saw a jury? Very high percentage, almost all.
So, the decentralization model might be the ideal but will profit and pragmatism allow it to be so in the future?
The network needs grease to work. Okay. Nobody with sense will mine at a loss. But explain how the network won't work with only a few large mega farms and a few ASIC manufacturers. I don't quite see how it can't.
Sure it would keep working, the blockchain will not stop. But it would lose it's decentralization model that it's always been thought of.
The network needs grease to work. Okay. Nobody with sense will mine at a loss. But explain how the network won't work with only a few large mega farms and a few ASIC manufacturers. I don't quite see how it can't.
I think there will always be some home mining. What it will look like I'm not sure. But with low priced electricity they will always have a spot.
Right now is kinda a wierd time on mining waiting on next gen gear. I think whall we wait on next gen chips difficulty will not have any big jumps, and small miner will hopefully have a few good months.
Right now is kinda a wierd time on mining waiting on next gen gear. I think whall we wait on next gen chips difficulty will not have any big jumps, and small miner will hopefully have a few good months.
try to imagine yourself in November of 2011 and apply the same logic, considering that price was low, halving was coming, miners were unprofitable, bitcoin was in the downtrend. How did that situation predicted the next 24 mo with bitcoin going from $2 to $1160? It didn't. I am not saying that we will have the same spurt, just that it is not really predictable.
I would agree with you that it seems that in bitcoin soup some ingredient is currently missing and it is getting a bit boring lately, unfortunately.
All news are either about someone stealing bitcoin or about regulation.
In 2011 the amount of money you would have spent on a mining farm would have been a lot lower than what people spend on a farm now though. I would agree with you that it seems that in bitcoin soup some ingredient is currently missing and it is getting a bit boring lately, unfortunately.
All news are either about someone stealing bitcoin or about regulation.
IF the price stays low up until and after the halving next year, then I guess the difficulty will have to fall significantly, otherwise the miners are just being charity workers propping up the network!
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