Solo Mining on an S3 with 51.1 Difficulty - here we go! UPDATE: Block Found!! - page 13.

hodedowe

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!!!!!BOOM BABY!!!!

Guess what boys? Not even a month into it and the old S3 CRUSHED IT!!!!

Best share: 61,391,307,854

Blocks found: 1

OH YEAH!!!!!

To all the naysayers, I know it's cool to knock it but solo mining can be VERY profitable. You just have to pay your dime and take your chance. What do you have to lose? A couple of bucks of electricity? Pshaw, you'll probably spend more than that in beer anyway.

Now the question is this, should I keep this thread updated with any additional blocks? Is anyone interested?

-ck

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Ruu \o/

2 miners with less than 1TH have solved blocks on solo ckpool. Your chances are extremely low but there is almost no other way to profit with an S3 these days unless your electricity is exceptionally cheap, so solo mining is still a high stakes option.

AtomicStrike

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Good luck, friend!

SellEobotAccount

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well heck now you done inspired me. Gonna throw in TWO S3's, they old as shit anywayz and get about 660GHS coupled so hey why not? Good luck to us all

hodedowe

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Quote from: DrG on July 31, 2015, 07:46:13 AM

Other than the fun factor, the reality in numbers is that BTC should be purchased with fiat currently instead of chased with obsolete mining hardware.

Oh, I'm sorry. You failed to read the first post. But hey, thanks for playing! Here's your pickle Cheesy

DrG

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Other than the fun factor, the reality in numbers is that BTC should be purchased with fiat currently instead of chased with obsolete mining hardware.

chinapeople

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I hope you win a block with this. It's hard to solve but anything can happen.

guytp

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Got to love the optimism. Theoretically you could end up minting half the blocks between now and next year - it's unlikely but fingers crossed

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Quote from: hodedowe on July 27, 2015, 12:15:12 PM

Thanks for the support guys! Im encouraged to see so many like-minded people out there! Grin

(side note, I hate that we can't multi-quote on this forum software. Bitcointalk.org should switch to Vbulletin!)

Difficulty change to 52.3 now so it's even tougher but that little antminer, she's still runnin! Paying her dime and taking her chance at about 441gh/s on average. No better share so far (68m since last restart) but that's ok. It'll happen Cheesy

Wish you good luck

might use a few U2's instead of buying lottery ticket ha ha

hodedowe

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Thanks for the support guys! Im encouraged to see so many like-minded people out there! Grin

(side note, I hate that we can't multi-quote on this forum software. Bitcointalk.org should switch to Vbulletin!)

Difficulty change to 52.3 now so it's even tougher but that little antminer, she's still runnin! Paying her dime and taking her chance at about 441gh/s on average. No better share so far (68m since last restart) but that's ok. It'll happen Cheesy

edonkey

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Quote from: VirosaGITS on July 25, 2015, 08:26:35 PM

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Quote from: VirosaGITS on July 24, 2015, 06:20:40 PM

Quote from: spazzdla on July 24, 2015, 03:13:45 PM

GOOD LUCK OP!!!

Keep us updated on if you win a block! I'd love to hear you did!!

I'm getting one of those sidehack stick;
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gekkoscience-bm1384-project-development-discussion-995675

Maybe i'll use it as a lottery ticket Grin

They use even less electricity so running them on unpowered USB should be a-ok!

Great Idea, you aren't just gambling but supporting the independent miner maker and all the work he has done while not wasting much electric per stick!

Yep!

The electricity cost is absolutely minimal and there's future project from Sidehack i would like to see to completion. I guess it's a bit like kickstarting him except i get a little something from it now.

I could also mine a few cents a week with it i suppose haha xD

This!

I'm thinking the same thing. Let's hope Sidehack can parlay the stick thing into the miner of substance that we all want to buy.

In the meantime, I'm also thinking about running my upcoming Sidehack sticks solo. Gotta play to win...

Hats off to the OP. He's got solid brass clankers, as we say in my family (we're Irish too)!

VirosaGITS

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Quote from: VirosaGITS on July 24, 2015, 06:20:40 PM

Quote from: spazzdla on July 24, 2015, 03:13:45 PM

GOOD LUCK OP!!!

Keep us updated on if you win a block! I'd love to hear you did!!

I'm getting one of those sidehack stick;
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gekkoscience-bm1384-project-development-discussion-995675

Maybe i'll use it as a lottery ticket Grin

They use even less electricity so running them on unpowered USB should be a-ok!

Great Idea, you aren't just gambling but supporting the independent miner maker and all the work he has done while not wasting much electric per stick!

Yep!

The electricity cost is absolutely minimal and there's future project from Sidehack i would like to see to completion. I guess it's a bit like kickstarting him except i get a little something from it now.

I could also mine a few cents a week with it i suppose haha xD

VirosaGITS

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Quote from: spazzdla on July 24, 2015, 03:13:45 PM

GOOD LUCK OP!!!

Keep us updated on if you win a block! I'd love to hear you did!!

I'm getting one of those sidehack stick;
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/gekkoscience-bm1384-project-development-discussion-995675

Maybe i'll use it as a lottery ticket Grin

They use even less electricity so running them on unpowered USB should be a-ok!

spazzdla

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GOOD LUCK OP!!!

Keep us updated on if you win a block! I'd love to hear you did!!

Amph

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Quote from: BTCBinary on July 23, 2015, 12:08:32 PM

Im willing to buy a couple of these... where can i find them at the cheapest price?

s3 can be found for $90 or around that, it's probably better to search on the marketplace, there are many good deal for old miners

Mikestang

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Quote from: hodedowe on July 23, 2015, 10:17:48 AM

So here goes. For the next YEAR I'll be solo mininng with an old S3 (actually have already been for a couple of weeks) running about 418 - 450ghs (seasonally adjusted). As of today the best share is 1,816,484,083. Only 49,000,000,000 off! LOL!

I turned off my miners for the summer except a few usb sticks and one S3+ which I solo mine. My best share on the S3+ so far is about what you have there, 1.8G. Good luck!

Code:

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hodedowe

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A couple of what? Powered hubs? You can get them off Ebay and Amazon for less than 15 bucks now.

BTCBinary

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Im willing to buy a couple of these... where can i find them at the cheapest price?

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Quote from: nonbody on July 23, 2015, 10:31:23 AM

i would, but i think using my little usb miners (5 ghs) is too little, even with some irish luck Wink

Not much electric cost on these, I say just add em to a pi if you have an extra one and roll the dice! It probably won't lead to anything but worth a shot!

havent got a pi to spare Sad

but i might just run them off my main pc Cheesy

hodedowe

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Quote from: nonbody on July 23, 2015, 10:31:23 AM

i would, but i think using my little usb miners (5 ghs) is too little, even with some irish luck Wink

All it takes is one hash Cheesy

May as well buy your ticket and let 'er rip!

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