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sr. member
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December 07, 2013, 03:26:01 AM
#62
people with free electricity

They don't exists ! Perhaps it is more appropriate to say: people who steal electricity
Why to assume such a risk ? Better buy BTC/LTC, wait for a good price, then trade for a nice profit!
It is more safe too!

My electricity bill is a fixed amount per month, so whether I mine or not the costs will be the same.
It's not free electricity but it's not a theft either.

Where do you stay?
newbie
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Merit: 0
December 06, 2013, 04:31:08 PM
#61
people with free electricity

They don't exists ! Perhaps it is more appropriate to say: people who steal electricity
Why to assume such a risk ? Better buy BTC/LTC, wait for a good price, then trade for a nice profit!
It is more safe too!

My electricity bill is a fixed amount per month, so whether I mine or not the costs will be the same.
It's not free electricity but it's not a theft either.
hero member
Activity: 826
Merit: 1000
'All that glitters is not gold'
December 06, 2013, 08:23:37 AM
#60
people with free electricity

They don't exists ! Perhaps it is more appropriate to say: people who steal electricity
Why to assume such a risk ? Better buy BTC/LTC, wait for a good price, then trade for a nice profit!
It is more safe too!
hero member
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Merit: 500
Carpe Diem
December 05, 2013, 12:09:44 PM
#59
I'm still doing it on my work computer while I'm just sitting here at work.  Just getting a small steady alt coin stream of little cash.  Why not I figure
newbie
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December 04, 2013, 10:53:55 PM
#58
I am, on the bitcoin testnet.  Since the difficulty level is just '1', cpu is still sufficient.  We need funny-money to test our bitcoin software, etc.

I'm using testnet-in-a-box (d/l from git) and it's running fine; only problem I have now it trying to get my money - it seems to not be making it into my wallet, I think because they are still in either an 'unconfirmed' or "immature" category. 
sr. member
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December 04, 2013, 09:39:20 PM
#57
My computer is AMD A8-3820 APU
Is it a slow cpu to mine?
DrG
legendary
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December 04, 2013, 05:59:17 PM
#56
Less than a year ago I mined LTC with CPU. Now the coins I mined back then are worth a lot more than the power costs! So if you mine some low dif coin and hope for the price to rise it could still be worth it.

Please don't teach people bad speculation.  It never makes sense to mine at a loss.  The only to mine the actual coins at a loss would be if you cannot buy them (ie have no access to exchanges).  If you think the coins are going to go up, then it would be cheaper to buy them.  If they go up next year it doesn't matter whether you mined them or bought them (other than maybe a feeling of satisfaction).  If you mine at a loss you're spending more $ than you need to (assuming you have access to an exchange).
full member
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December 04, 2013, 01:18:32 PM
#55
Primecoin is a good way to mine with the CPU (and exchange for BTC). It is quite profitable compared to mining BTC directly.

Started mining it today on my i5 760 desktop Smiley
sr. member
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December 04, 2013, 08:29:23 AM
#54
Less than a year ago I mined LTC with CPU. Now the coins I mined back then are worth a lot more than the power costs! So if you mine some low dif coin and hope for the price to rise it could still be worth it.
newbie
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December 04, 2013, 08:24:37 AM
#53
very little can mined
hero member
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December 04, 2013, 03:45:54 AM
#52
I'm currently mining Quarks on the CPU. Using droplets from Digital Ocean to make a better profit. Just going to mine a few to keep it in a wallet and hope that it gets big one day.  Cheesy
full member
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December 03, 2013, 10:35:51 AM
#51
Believe it or not I still be Laptop CPU Solo mining and usually end up with a few of these:

PROOF OF WORK RESULT: false (booooo)

But it's just for fun while I'm working on the computer. You never know you could get lucky and get a nice surprise.  Grin

Youre better off using your laptop to mine something easier, like litecoin (still not that easy, or an.other crypto) which you can then exchange for btc if needed.

check out coinwarz to find the most profitable scrypt coin.


 Grin
member
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December 03, 2013, 09:07:06 AM
#50
Me and I still think that CPU mining is more profitable then any ASIC on the market...

Maybe is, but isn't that the GPU mining is more profitable than CPU?
jr. member
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December 03, 2013, 02:24:45 AM
#49
Me and I still think that CPU mining is more profitable then any ASIC on the market...
+1
sr. member
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the sun is shining, but the ice is still slippery
December 02, 2013, 07:56:50 PM
#48
They say that every little bit adds up  Grin I heard that CPU mining is best done collectively on work computers that sit powered on and idle.
legendary
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December 02, 2013, 05:11:53 PM
#47
started with cpu mining yesterday, found a primcecoin block in 20 hours, feels good
newbie
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December 02, 2013, 04:40:41 PM
#46
Primecoin is a good way to mine with the CPU (and exchange for BTC). It is quite profitable compared to mining BTC directly.
hero member
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November 30, 2013, 12:50:16 PM
#45
What are the alt coins that are still profitable to mine in CPU?
primecoin and quarkcoin are cpu-speicific coins and cant be mined any other way save cloud servers.
sr. member
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November 30, 2013, 11:46:15 AM
#44
What are the alt coins that are still profitable to mine in CPU?
sr. member
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November 30, 2013, 09:59:06 AM
#43
I mined a few PTS over the past few days, but i haven't even calculated wether it was profitable. What's the price for pts right now?
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