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Started by Staggerwing, June 04, 2016, 03:37:18 PM

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Staggerwing

Does anyone her do it? Anyone tried it and gave up?

I know that for most folks it's not possible to make much money doing it without a big hardware investment but I'm curious if it's worth looking into for a little extra monthly income after purchasing one of the more moderately priced bitcoin mining rigs such as the Antminer


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No one else will ask so I will. What the hell is that and what are you talking about?  :coolsmiley:
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Staggerwing

Quote from: bbmike on June 04, 2016, 04:13:48 PM
No one else will ask so I will. What the hell is that and what are you talking about?  :coolsmiley:


https://www.weusecoins.com/en/mining-guide/



It's all a mystery to me as well but apparently it's the digital version of going down into a gold mine and bringing up more gold to make coins. In this case the 'coins' are Bitcoins, a digital currency comprised of encrypted blocks of information that can be traded and used as payments.
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bayonetbrant

I knew what he was talking about, but no, no bitcoin mining here.  Though that said, I might have to consider it given how many computers we've got laying around here.  Should be able to hook up t least 1 as an automated bitcoin miner and/or WOW grinder.
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I had no idea either, but one question; is it legal?
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I dabbled in it a bit when BitCoin first started up but it quickly became apparent that you needed some serious computing power to keep up with the big boys.  I mined a grand total of 3 coins in 2 months.  Sold them for $19 of pure profit!  (minus the $70 I spent in internet fees for those two months.  I'm a savvy money manager.)

Aren't they all mined by now?  I thought the big thing was that there were only ever going to be a finite amount of coins available and once they were mined, that was it.

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Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on June 04, 2016, 05:07:21 PM

Aren't they all mined by now?  I thought the big thing was that there were only ever going to be a finite amount of coins available and once they were mined, that was it.


AFA I know, it's still going on.


Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on June 04, 2016, 05:07:21 PM
I dabbled in it a bit when BitCoin first started up but it quickly became apparent that you needed some serious computing power to keep up with the big boys.  I mined a grand total of 3 coins in 2 months.  Sold them for $19 of pure profit!  (minus the $70 I spent in internet fees for those two months.  I'm a savvy money manager.)


Yeah, you need some speedy hardware, that's why there are dedicated hardware devices made to only mine bitcoins. A consumer-grade CPU is just not fast enough. The value of bitcoins has risen quite a bit since they first hit the internet, so, for some small pocket money it might be worth looking into.

Right now, google shows 1 bitcoin equal to 576.24 US Dollars. You should have hung on to them a bit longer, SDR.
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Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

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'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

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Quote from: bbmike on June 04, 2016, 04:13:48 PM
No one else will ask so I will. What the hell is that and what are you talking about?  :coolsmiley:
Exactly. I have my pan, bucket and cloth set up next to my computer ready for the Bit rush! ;)
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Boggit

I've just read https://www.weusecoins.com/en/mining-guide/

It looks like I have more chance playing the national lottery! :-[
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It's kind of silly to investigate whether or not a Clinton is lying. That's sort of like investigating why the sky is blue. Banzai_Cat

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Quote from: Staggerwing on June 04, 2016, 03:37:18 PM
Does anyone her do it? Anyone tried it and gave up?

I know that for most folks it's not possible to make much money doing it without a big hardware investment but I'm curious if it's worth looking into for a little extra monthly income after purchasing one of the more moderately priced bitcoin mining rigs such as the Antminer




Am I glad I found this topic..... late to the forum, but not to the topic.
I am no expert, but I can help out those with questions.

I have a GPU mining rig and expanding. Got my hands good and dirty and learned through experience how to mine.

Lets see if we can get this thread going again.!!!
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Quote from: bob48 on June 04, 2016, 05:02:04 PM
I had no idea either, but one question; is it legal?

Short answer is "Yes".

But it is relatively unregulated.
My doctor wrote me a prescription for daily sex.

My wife insists that it says dyslexia but what does she know.

Con

All I can think of is at today's pric s SDR had 45 grand in bitcoins that he sold for <100 dollars in mid 2016.

Silent Disapproval Robot

Much earlier than that.  Used the profits to acquire a cheeseburger and two pitchers of beer.  I'm a financial genius.




Windigo

Quote from: Con on January 03, 2018, 12:53:52 PM
All I can think of is at today's pric s SDR had 45 grand in bitcoins that he sold for <100 dollars in mid 2016.
Then there's the true story of a guy who paid a pizza guy, hundreds of thousands of dollars (in todays value) for a pizza.
My doctor wrote me a prescription for daily sex.

My wife insists that it says dyslexia but what does she know.

Windigo

Quick summary is

1/ Its very expensive to mine bitcoin, BUT its much less money to mine the alternate cryptocurrencies using graphics cards.
2/. There are two ways to make cryptocurrency money with a computer, Proof of Work (POW) and Proof of Stake (POS). I do both.

POW is mining using ASIC machines, graphic cards (GPUs) and CPUs. You help create new coins/tokens (very difficult to game when all your GPU is mining)
POS is ledger keeping - using some of your HDD or SSD and some of your CPU you become a node that tracks ALL the blockchains and transactions for a given currency. You have to buy and hold some of currency you are POSing (you can game will doing this).

3/. YES you can convert cryptocurrency back to fiat currency.
My doctor wrote me a prescription for daily sex.

My wife insists that it says dyslexia but what does she know.