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Bitcoin => Mining speculation => Topic started by: momrha on February 08, 2017, 08:28:26 PM



Title: Mining advice
Post by: momrha on February 08, 2017, 08:28:26 PM
I have three old Butterfly labs miners (2x150Ghash and a 7.5g/hash) what can I do with these now?
No point starting up Bitcoin mining with these so is there anything I can mine?
Sorry if this is not where I should put this question!


Title: Re: Mining advice
Post by: fanatic26 on February 08, 2017, 11:18:46 PM
the AS in ASIC means Application Specific so they will only be able to mine SHA-256 cryptocurrencies, you cannot repurpose them for anything else. Also with the age of the machine you will not be able to find anything profitable to mine with them as they burn way more power than current miners.


Title: Re: Mining advice
Post by: momrha on February 22, 2017, 12:20:05 AM
Thanks for the reply.
Yes I thought that might be the case,  I dug them out of the basement after giving up Bitcoin mining 3 years ago and it seemed a shame to just dump them!


Title: Re: Mining advice
Post by: tbonetony on February 22, 2017, 08:03:44 AM
They are snapshots of the history ;)

One day they will be worth something so you may consider burying them back to your basement.