Title: mining on a small linux server Post by: matte99 on November 04, 2013, 09:28:27 AM Hello everyone, I read much about bitcoin mining with great hardware and so but nothing about a situation like mine.
I have a small ubuntu server turned on 24/7 that just serves a webserver and nothing much. So I already pay electricity for it and I was wondering if it would be worth getting a cheap Radeon GPU to economically take advantage of my situation.... any thoughts or advice? thanks! Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: blockage on November 04, 2013, 09:57:05 AM Mining BTC using either the CPU or a new GPU doesn't pay off. Even with ASICs you might not get a ROI. If you really want to use your server for mining, you could look into altcoins for that. I would recommend looking at http://primecoin.org if you want to do CPU mining and in case you get a new GPU https://litecoin.org/ or some other scrypt based coin.
Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: matte99 on November 05, 2013, 11:33:02 AM thanks for your reply, i will look better into that!
Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: SemiMolten on November 05, 2013, 11:49:09 AM Take note that if you mine using a CPU, your resources will be reduced and there will be extra heat and electricity fees
Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: matte99 on November 06, 2013, 12:09:52 AM ok, thank you very much for the information!
Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: achtung082 on November 06, 2013, 12:46:39 AM You can try feathercoin and exchange it.
Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: igl00 on November 06, 2013, 01:00:37 AM which of the coin traded on BTC-E is easiest to mine now?
Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: GnB on November 06, 2013, 07:28:25 AM Hey Matt, was setting up a web server on linux easy? I currently have one running on IIS7 (windows) and it's shit so was thinking about switching
TIA Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: SemiMolten on November 06, 2013, 08:38:32 AM which of the coin traded on BTC-E is easiest to mine now? You might want to check this out: http://coinchoose.com/Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: matte99 on November 06, 2013, 11:54:10 AM Hey Matt, was setting up a web server on linux easy? I currently have one running on IIS7 (windows) and it's shit so was thinking about switching I'm a computer science student and have been linux user for years, so it was quite easy for me personally. If you're not used to it it can be a little tougher, but once you are comfortable with using only the command line, it should be quite straightforward.Also, there's a lot of good and detailed guides out there. Good luck : ) Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: MineNerd on November 06, 2013, 11:55:35 AM You could always use the CPU and mine primecoins with it. Either solo or pool.
Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: igl00 on November 06, 2013, 11:51:21 PM are primecoins easy to mine now compared to LTC/BTC?
Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: SemiMolten on November 08, 2013, 06:08:30 AM are primecoins easy to mine now compared to LTC/BTC? Certainly million times easier than BTC. But for LTC, its around a few times easier.Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: Jetbiker on November 11, 2013, 12:26:07 PM How is the mining going now ?
Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: corebob on November 11, 2013, 12:38:35 PM I ran cgminer on a nvidia card last week and the payout after 30 hours was like 0.00004 btc or something like that.
You would probably get more bitcoins if you put a sign and a cup on the sidewalk saying "Give me some money please", and buy bitcoins for the profit. ...or just sell the cup right away Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: igl00 on November 22, 2013, 03:31:13 AM for free electricty its still fine to CPU mine - i do that on some of my SEO servers
Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: Wendigo on November 22, 2013, 07:06:20 AM I ran cgminer on a nvidia card last week and the payout after 30 hours was like 0.00004 btc or something like that. You would probably get more bitcoins if you put a sign and a cup on the sidewalk saying "Give me some money please", and buy bitcoins for the profit. ...or just sell the cup right away You made my day. I guess the New York beggars will demand donations in bitcoins now ;D Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: 8ennett on November 22, 2013, 07:10:18 AM Mining BTC using either the CPU or a new GPU doesn't pay off. Even with ASICs you might not get a ROI. If you really want to use your server for mining, you could look into altcoins for that. I would recommend looking at http://primecoin.org if you want to do CPU mining and in case you get a new GPU https://litecoin.org/ or some other scrypt based coin. I fully agree, mining Bitcoin doesn't seem like a good option at the moment, and it's mostly ASIC's keeping the hash rate up now. Altcoins are your best bet when using CPU and GPU. I have my old gaming PC setup as a litecoin miner at the moment. Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: NRPatten on November 22, 2013, 07:10:26 AM Hey Matt, was setting up a web server on linux easy? I currently have one running on IIS7 (windows) and it's shit so was thinking about switching TIA There are 100,000 how to guides for setting up a linux server. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=how+to+guide&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&ei=IwOPUqCSM4mZiAf25oGwBA#q=how+to+guides+linux+server&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial Title: Re: mining on a small linux server Post by: Didldak on November 22, 2013, 07:48:09 AM Just don't use GPU or CPU for BTC. Please!
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