Title: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: crypto-words on January 04, 2018, 04:27:31 PM I am just curious and would like to try out a few things just for the fun of it.
Could you recommend me a USB miner with preferably low energy consumption and a high profit rate? I am fine with mining any coin really that has high gains and is more or less easy to mine. Have been thinking of trying this out as an experiment for the duration of 1 month roughly. Any advice? Thank you! Title: Re: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: wavelengthsf on January 04, 2018, 04:30:49 PM There is no USB miner that meets your conditions.
The FutureBit Moonlander 2 is the closest, but the profit isn't "high" in nominal terms. However, it is high in that it not zero like every other USB miner. Title: Re: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: crypto-words on January 04, 2018, 04:48:06 PM Thanks for your reply.
Maybe I meant to say the highest 'profit' possible in that category while still meeting my requirements. I know you can't get rich using 1x USB miner ; ) FutureBit Moonlander 2 looks good. I like the price and it seems like a good gadget to get a glimpse into what mining is all about. Title: Re: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: officebuilding on January 04, 2018, 04:57:07 PM I am just curious and would like to try out a few things just for the fun of it. I was in your position a few weeks ago, crypto-words - I got a Moonlander 2 and it's great if you, like me, want to dip a toe in the contemporary world of ASIC litecoin/altcoin mining. Unfortunately the fan died on mine and I'm still deciding on whether to replace said fan or get a couple more Moonlanders, remove all the USB fans, and cool them externally.There is no USB miner that meets your conditions. wavelengthsf is right, from the research I've done and from reading this forum the Moonlander 2 is the best for your buck; however I learned pretty quickly that unless you have a very specific goal or coin in mind you're not really going to make any notable profit. There are bigger, better rigs to mine with, both ASIC and GPU, and you can find plenty on those here as well.The FutureBit Moonlander 2 is the closest, but the profit isn't "high" in nominal terms. However, it is high in that it not zero like every other USB miner. Title: Re: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: fanatic26 on January 04, 2018, 05:30:47 PM USB sticks of any kind are good learning tools but are pretty useless if you are trying to mine for profit. Honestly it amazes me that people still waste money on them.
Title: Re: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: crypto-words on January 04, 2018, 08:25:38 PM @officebuilding @fanatic26
Thanks for your comments, really appreciated! But this is exactly what I want to do: just learn about mining in general and get the hang of it without having to invest a few k in expensive equipment first. Also, where I'm at, electricity is anything but cheap, so I'm not sure if mining on a bigger scale would be profitable at all, so I just wanna have a go at it with a USB miner before I make any 'bigger decisions'. Title: Re: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: QuintLeo on January 04, 2018, 11:01:08 PM The Moonlander 2 is the ONLY USB-based miner that has a prayer of achieving ROI at this point - and if your electric cost is high, it's probably the only PROFITABLE USB-based miner.
Everything else is at least 1 generation outdated and not going to even break even unless you have SUPER cheap electric - and very low probability of ever achieving ROI on anything else. Title: Re: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: philipma1957 on January 05, 2018, 12:42:38 AM I am just curious and would like to try out a few things just for the fun of it. I was in your position a few weeks ago, crypto-words - I got a Moonlander 2 and it's great if you, like me, want to dip a toe in the contemporary world of ASIC litecoin/altcoin mining. Unfortunately the fan died on mine and I'm still deciding on whether to replace said fan or get a couple more Moonlanders, remove all the USB fans, and cool them externally.There is no USB miner that meets your conditions. wavelengthsf is right, from the research I've done and from reading this forum the Moonlander 2 is the best for your buck; however I learned pretty quickly that unless you have a very specific goal or coin in mind you're not really going to make any notable profit. There are bigger, better rigs to mine with, both ASIC and GPU, and you can find plenty on those here as well.The FutureBit Moonlander 2 is the closest, but the profit isn't "high" in nominal terms. However, it is high in that it not zero like every other USB miner. I will buy the moonlander 2 from you my fan died and I did this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-4QqZKMKWA so I want to get a total of 6 more sticks . Title: Re: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: officebuilding on January 05, 2018, 12:55:01 AM I will buy the moonlander 2 from you Actually you posted that yt video solution in response to my dead fan in the Moonlander 2 Support thread, philipma1957 8)my fan died and I did this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-4QqZKMKWA so I want to get a total of 6 more sticks . I'm going to do what you did, so I'll be keeping this one and hopefully acquiring more soon. Title: Re: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: Plant Power on January 05, 2018, 01:01:43 AM Just a suggestion and feel free to ignore but a good way to experiment is to pick up an old dual core machine like a lenovo think centre, or similar, and use a single NVIDIA 1050 or 1060. It'll let you do most things.. it takes about a week / two to reach the payout required for more pools but it's a cheap way to get a tiny rig going and the 1050 / 1060 shouldn't require any additional power depending on the second hand machine you get. You could go AMD as well but I'm not sure how much power the low end AMD cards draw.
I started this way and got a $20 machine from my local newspaper and a new 1060 on sale from Ebay.. I later sold that original machine for $50 ($30 profit) when I upgraded and built more. Title: Re: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: philipma1957 on January 05, 2018, 01:03:28 AM I will buy the moonlander 2 from you Actually you posted that yt video solution in response to my dead fan in the Moonlander 2 Support thread, philipma1957 8)my fan died and I did this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-4QqZKMKWA so I want to get a total of 6 more sticks . I'm going to do what you did, so I'll be keeping this one and hopefully acquiring more soon. Yeah to me I had the stud hubs laying around. I have sooooo many fans laying around using my fans and not using the little ones is good. I posted a wanted ad in marketplace. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2692164.0 Title: Re: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: crypto-words on January 05, 2018, 07:47:15 PM Thanks for all your comments, everyone who has contributed on here. I am becoming more and more hyped about mining every day,
just interested in the tech, though, as I doubt that it will be profitable even the long run cause of the high electricity costs. And I like the idea of having a USB-based gadget because it's not bulky and doesn't take up any space. Title: Re: Recommend me a cheap USB Miner Post by: officebuilding on January 05, 2018, 08:16:31 PM Just a suggestion and feel free to ignore but a good way to experiment is to pick up an old dual core machine like a lenovo think centre, or similar, and use a single NVIDIA 1050 or 1060. It'll let you do most things.. it takes about a week / two to reach the payout required for more pools but it's a cheap way to get a tiny rig going and the 1050 / 1060 shouldn't require any additional power depending on the second hand machine you get. You could go AMD as well but I'm not sure how much power the low end AMD cards draw. I was thinking of doing something like this earlier, Plant Power - and then I read your post and it summed up my thoughts perfectly. There must be dozens of threads on building cheap rigs, I should dig around some more...I started this way and got a $20 machine from my local newspaper and a new 1060 on sale from Ebay.. I later sold that original machine for $50 ($30 profit) when I upgraded and built more. Thanks for all your comments, everyone who has contributed on here. I am becoming more and more hyped about mining every day, I think you and I are in a similar place, crypto-words. Ultimately I think I'll want to have a small rig or two, maybe a MLD2 USB hub & a GPU miner -- because I enjoy the tech, I like mining, and if I'm able to mine an altcoin in the early days whose project I back fully I'd get a lot of satisfaction out of it.just interested in the tech, though, as I doubt that it will be profitable even the long run cause of the high electricity costs. |