Cpu mining is dead sadly I don't think it will ever come back. There was a small time where it was money making and you could use VPS's like amazon EC2 to mine coins... it was a really fun time.  But today it just does not pay off in long run.

Also sadly "bad guys" with bot nets if there is a coin that is paying even decent can use a entire bot net to mine a coin.  And you cannot compete against free machines mining for these "bad guys".   

So I don't see CPU coming back, it is only a memory at this point.

I personally like the campaign and have always had good luck with it.  But the limit is now 100 not 150 (I think that is for most) if you have 150 you got a exemption or a extended limit.  I think those are hard to come by, I do not have one.

Bit-x will soon CoinsBank, and signature will change.  It sounds like there might be a chance for some to apply but keep in mind with how popular it is there is no way they can let everyone in and stay funded.


I have been with them for around a  year and am pretty happy I use the forums as normal and it's a nice bonus.  I don't count it as a job like some do.

How are you connecting your S5 to your network? Is it a wireless to Ethernet adapter? We need more details on setup.

I would look at your wireless adapter as the miner  itself should not really effect wifi that much.  Also just checking are is your wifi (router I'm guessing) and S5 connected to same surge protector or something?

Can you tell us more about your setup? Mac is one system I have not used U3 on.  I have done Windows and Linux.  I would assume your using cgminer and varibles are the same to change.

Long term I suggest getting a R1 and using CrazyGuy's custom firmware.

They are actually decent fan's I would not call them "cheapo chinese fans".  I believe they are delta as others have said which is not a bad brand.   As far as exact specs don't know that I have seen on S7.

S4 is last guide I can think of that they released a good sheet with lots of info - https://bitmain.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204199879-Antminer-S4-fan-specification-and-possible-replacement-fans .  But no S7.

If your wanting a backup... I would just order it from them they handle a lot pretty well.  I don't think they are near as cheap as you think they are.

I have not followed this one closely but if you lost a lot to them... I would personally go for a lawyer.  I don't see why this is a lie, it might still be hard to get back but at least you tried.

If your not perusing them legally how are you helping people that lost money to them?  I don't see what you can do with taking peoples info... thats going to help if your not going through some court system.

Maybe you could explain you can help? As I just don't see how getting peoples personal info given to you helps at all.

It is good news really for home/hobby miner.  Chances are bitmain is working on one to just has not made public.  But having Bitmain and Avalon at least makes it where not just 1 consumer model.

I really want to see specs and price.  They have made good miners in past (4.1 was one of my favorite miners of any due to how quiet it was).   But overall good news, hopefully they follow up with more.

On having... just google and you will see countdown clocks (they are not 100 percent accurate, but they give a decent speculation).   But honestly you will have to decide on your own. You have all the facts at this point it is just if you want to make a risky investment or not.   You could look like a genius and gain a lot... or lose it all in worst case.   There is no guarantee  of profit.

Also I would start off with fewer as in a couple just to test place out and see how it works.  I would hate to buy 20 and figure out electricity is not ready, or cooling needs big adjustment.  Going full in at once is normally  not advised.

I think once in the period a little ways bitwisdom is fun to watch, although it can be off compared to real number.  It's speculation... which can be not so great.  To recap last week we got a pretty good change for miners - Apr 28 2016    178,659,257,773    -0.01%    1,278,892,782 GH/s

Coin value raised a decent amoung and fell to a little under 450... which is still good.  I hope to see this change and some more good things to continue.  Either way will be fun to watch with another roll-over as I do enjoy them as it seems to bring more people out.

If your truly not pushing it anymore unlock thread get rid of guide on front and put how you changed your mind and re-lock.   As of now you still have a guide up supporting multiple accounts (4 per person), and I believe pro spam in many ways.

As of now someone can search and it still shows your guide you were very supportive until last post.     You have to admit a person who made a guide like that is not the one we should be getting suggestions on loosening new accounts as not long ago you fully supported 4 per person.

Even if you don't have other way's faucets are still a wast.  Spend time learning something, so many things you could do with that time that will be a better long term investment.   

I would never point new people to faucets.  Typing capatcha and getting cents per hour is not doing them any favors.

He is a member rank normally they don't pay that big. Normally full member is the big jumping point where you earn a decent amount more.  I would not even mess with sig campaigns till full member.  I waited longer then most going to hero first.

But if he waits (which he did not) but he just needs to apply to different once once full campaign and pay will be better.

Investing is the easiest just buying and holding BTC. If your wanting fast and free... that is hard Bitcoin is not a get rich quick scheme.  But also you need to use other threads as resources lets look at other topic's already for this  on front page:
1. How earn Bitcoins fast and free??
2. How earn 1BTC a year?
3. HOW TO EARN BTC HERE IN BITCOIN.ORG
4. 0.3 btc in a week New
5. how to get 10 dolars fast in btc

There are 5 in first top part of page.  Some have month's of ideas, you just need to read these threads they have the info you seek.

1) Should be here and should not change.  There is just to much spam if you allow new accounts to post quickly. They already post as much as they can before getting spotted.  Asking to wait 6 minutes to make a constructive post at a brand new user is not much to ask.   It is great how it is also prevents someone from trying to farm 10 posts in a few minutes.  They have to at least wait a hour... which is good.   Good outweighs the bad by far.

I think this would help spam and account farmers, neither of which I really care for them to change rules to help.

2.  The registration page is MUCH more complex then you are thinking.  They have "bad IP's" and it charges to make on bad IP's based on amount of bad things.  But registration is fine the way it is.  Those trying to cheat it likely are having to use proxy's and I would guess could type in capatcha's.  Might be some automated on sign up... but I would guess more successful farmers are manual.



I find it kinda funny someone who pushes new people to get multiple accounts and join sig campaigns is suggesting this - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1424958.0  

He suggests for new people to have 4 accounts "7❱ Buy 3 more accounts, sign up those too, that will be around 80 posts/day which can be done in 7-8 hours like a dayjob. Work only 7 hours/day only and you can earn 0.84BTC/month (350$)! It can be a full time job if you are dedicated, but remember no spam or you get banned!" So suggesting a total of 4 accounts.

Standard user should not be pushed to 4 accounts but one and in time get lesser and lesser posting limitations.

Yes you need a wallet it will store your bitcoins, and allow them to send to another address.  But from the wallet holding your coins you say to send to another address.  Read up on which ever wallet your using most have little FAQ and make it very easy.

I think you just need to do a little searching on bitcoin.  I would be careful holding to much till you do some research.

They mass product the us kill-a-watt.  They are pretty cheap I actually had to get one today.... some day I will find a project with my old one connected to it but I could not for the life of me find it in my normal places.

One option is very advanced PDU's can tell what it is.  I got one thanks to Phil pointing me to a sale on ebay, but I never did get the networking going (yet another project ).   The 240 watt meters are a little higher.  I bought a fluke meter once when I thought I need it.... once I figure it out I should be able to tell with a clamp that just goes around the cord.   So that is my goal is to get it figured out eventually.

And on a side note I have enjoyed seeing some PC's brings back so much memories. And love all the options you have with them.  So much personality to each one.

There will always be miners so this is kinda a moot thread.  Many would run a miner for fun to keep network alive, i don't think it will ever have 0 miners.   I just don't see it.

On new chips only thing is mega mines get those same chips and pay pennies per KWH, so they are still ahead of hobby miner.  We really cannot catch up without having a HUGE investment.  In a lot of cases like bitfury you mentioned I bet it goes to many big mega farms before (and if we even get chance) to buy it.

I had hoped for 500 to my goal was 450 near term, and 500 further term.  But i thought we were going to get both possibly in same difficulty period.  But it did go down again.

We are down to 442... so it's dropping even more.  Hopefully it can stop and that is just China reacting to downswing.  but hard to tell.

But other person would need to have internet to import it and send to secure address.  There is not a buyer that will accept here is BTC in this paper wallet.... you can check once you get internet.

Best option I think still if no wifi is a phone wallet.  I think cell towers offer a large area in most countries where you could send BTC to a buyer as a seller.  Just a lot more chances of this then no intenet.  Also hardware wallet on phone... keeps great security even when selling and using a mobile phone.

I just don't see a sale where you had over paper wallet and they pay you fiat money for what you say is on paper without internet to check and import.

I don't think you will make 1 BTC a year using faucets.  If you did 365 day's a year you would need to do every day to approx 0.00274 ~ BTC.  People just make far less then this normally a day. If owner of faucet or lots of referrals ok then it's possible.

But I just don't see most faucet users even getting a dollar a day.  It's going to be a number of cents even if they do it 24 hours a day I think personally.