Title: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: Markus4321 on April 03, 2013, 05:13:27 AM Hi there!
Im running a little Office with some employees. Since its a little Office, all power costs are included anyway. Lately i thought to do some bc mining while the computers are not in use (~15hrs a day). Configuration(s): 6x i5-3570K @3,40Ghz + Radeon HD 7950 1x i7-2700K @3,50Ghz + Radeon HD 7970 (my boss computer :)) What i've read so far: If i would do "single mining" with each, it could take several months to unlock any 25btc key. So i thought about doing pool mining with all the computers. I compare some data from https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison to get the total mh/s: 6x HD7950 = 6x500MH/s = 3000MH/s 1x HD7970 = 650MH/S Means a total of 3650MH/s with all my office computers. Now my question: I did read that pools usually pay you for your "work", means by your MH/s, correct? So would it be worth to add each computer to a pool? Which pool would you suggest? How much would i get in average by running each machine for 15 hours a day? Im new to bitcoin, its somehow complicated since its "very different" to anything i've seen so far. But i want to get into the boat :) Please help me and give me some hints, i fear im absolutely lost without... Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: inetketing on April 03, 2013, 05:16:32 AM BitMinter offers BTC mining and NameCoin mining at the same time ;)
Just my 2 cents Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: Markus4321 on April 03, 2013, 05:28:05 AM Thanks for your reply.
However, im very confused by "NameCoin". It says (on default stuff) that i could mine monthly: B22.02 $51.81 within ~8hrs and all my computers. So about 16hrs would just be the double, ~103$ monthly. Since the value of BC has raised up to 110+something yesterday, these numbers dont really fit. So; why it says B22.02? B = BC or BTC? Confusing! Also; doesnt the reward usually depends on the pool? Or does this NameCoin site calulates with "single mining"? http://beta.ivc.no/bitcoin/namecoin/ Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: Neuroticgrim on April 03, 2013, 05:48:35 AM I would definitely suggest you look into Slush's or BTC Guild pools.
I would also suggest you get the permission from your employer to run the bitcoin mining on the machines. Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: Markus4321 on April 03, 2013, 08:13:15 AM Guilds are what i am looking for!
Since the chances to get any reward by some computers is almost zero, i rather use their work to get some "fixed" rates from those so called guilds. I would use run the mining only outside of office times, there is no harm at all. Also i do not need permission to use "computers of my employees", since its my little office and i bought those computers. Can you suggest any guild? Computers will run 16hrs a day for mining, 3650 MH/s in total. I want - at least - the income of our coffee consumption ;D Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: Craftyman on April 03, 2013, 08:33:33 AM There are several pools around you can mine on. I have had good experiences with https://deepbit.net/ (https://deepbit.net/)
Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: Zachary on April 03, 2013, 09:08:12 AM Might as well try it.
Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: Markus4321 on April 03, 2013, 09:18:06 AM Well, so DeepBit works like this?
You register an Account, add your Bitcoin Number in it. Then with parameters you start any Mining-Tool, add your eMail and Password from DeepBit Account - and simply keep going? Which of the 2 available Options is better (personal experiance would be nice): - Pay per Share (What i understand: You work and work and work, get reward for any work you do, doesnt matter if successfully or not) - Proportional (If you helped to solve any block, you get a percentage of the work you did on it; "only" rewarded on success) I wonder how hight the proportional selection would be, after all i guess you would help to solve good blocks once out of 10 times. Which would mean, if a 100 people are about to solve one, you would get *0,01 of it, maybe *0,02 if your work was double as high as all others. The other option states: "Pay per share: 0.00000336030223163 BTC per every submitted share" How many shares does a client usually submits per hour? I have no idea! Actual chart: $145,50 (what the $%) So DeepBit gets me 0,00049$ per share. That means i would need to submit like 2050 shares for ONE dollar. Any Data from Experiance? Any Numbers? Suggestions? Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: panda1 on April 03, 2013, 09:23:57 AM You have enough computers to try both options. Join the pool, let your computers run for a few days and you'll see which options works out better. Or maybe there won't be much difference.
Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: Markus4321 on April 03, 2013, 09:30:20 AM I start to think that absolutely noone here ever used bitcoin.
No numbers, no experiances, only replies i already know about. Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: Thorbinator on April 03, 2013, 09:47:16 AM https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison
Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: Markus4321 on April 03, 2013, 10:00:44 AM Im looking for Numbers out of Experience from other users, not for Links i already did post by myself, which you had known if you would read this small thread before posting useless replies.
**Update Ive testet it now on 1 of the computers: ~ 15 Minutes (2-3 breaks, guiminer did fail sometimes >> timeoits) Means about 100 Shares i did send. Those are worth 0.000336030223163 BTC 0.000336030223163 BTC are worth 1/2975 BTC, so $145,50/2975 = $0,049 per 15 minutes. >> Per Hr = $0,196 >> Per 16 Hrs = $3,136 So in 16 Hrs i gain bitcoins worth $3,14 with one computer. 7 Computers then would generate about $21,95 per day. >> Which is an average of $658,56 per Month - or - 4,52 BTC Calculated with $145,50 per btc (if i got it right) THOSE are numbers out of 15 minutes experience, i search for longtime experience. Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: goshi on April 03, 2013, 11:29:40 AM I can theorically make one BTC every 30-35 days with 450-500MH/s of power (assuming the pool doesn't get stuck on a day-long block). That can give you an idea of how much you can do with 3500MH/s.
Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: Markus4321 on April 03, 2013, 11:49:42 AM I can theorically make one BTC every 30-35 days with 450-500MH/s of power (assuming the pool doesn't get stuck on a day-long block). That can give you an idea of how much you can do with 3500MH/s. THANK YOU! Since this fits with my little 15min calculation, i will go for it :) Title: Re: 7 Computers, no personal power costs, good GPUs >> Suggestions? Post by: jabetizo on April 03, 2013, 12:02:53 PM yes, i would highly suggest joining a pool. they do take a fee (~1-5% depending on which pool you join), but you get a steady and predictable payout. you can calculate approximately how many BTC you would make here: http://www.alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator
with 3650 MH/s you would make 0.27 BTC per 24 hours keep in mind that this is calculated for the current difficulty (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining#The_Difficulty_Metric). The difficulty adjusts every 2 weeks based on the total network hashing power (to ensure a predictable supply of BTC) and it is currently rapidly increasing (chart (http://bitcoin.sipa.be/speed-lin.png)) due to ASIC deployment, so you should expect to make less BTC per day every 2 weeks (every 2016 blocks to be exact) |