The longest journey starts with the first step.
All these 9 threads started with me and 1 gpu.
I think my peak amount was 42 1080tis
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yeah ive read em all (wait maybe i missed the 1st couple.. gotta find em now). some cool setups in your garage and den, not to mention the farms. buy new toys, play gently with them, sell some of them while the price is still near list. nice business strategy.. win/win didnt you have you have a special edition titan? like star wars edition or something in a display case? EDIT 1st thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1429151.0quote from you from the 1st thread: I don't want to go down the rabbit hole and end up with 10 pc's running 30 to 40 gpus. lol  |
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Yeah i think I purchased enough cards for now.
32 on line 5 coming by thursday. brings me to 37 cards. about 1.3 gh of hash.
I think my partner has 2x 1080ti to add so close to 39 cards and 1.4gh.
i feel like such a piker lol. putting a couple 1080tis and a 1070ti back in my onda rig for eth. its currently got a couple fpgas that do 45 mhs each so maybe a bit over 200 mhs. at least the cooler weather is here. that thing is in my basement. |
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would explain why they transport the rigs back to Southern Mongolia after the rainy season in Sichuan.
shipping hash around the globe.. are those shipping containers fitted out for miners still a thing (saw some but havent paid attention of late)? or do they shlep thousands of individual miners around and disconnect/reconnect each one? just curious although i suppose manpower is cheap and if its only done a couple times a year.. most mining facilities ive seen (admittedly not many) are in buildings specifically built or retrofitted for mining. but if they are cheap enough to leave empty part of the year i suppose it doesnt matter. |
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1.3.1 didnt really do much but throw axi timeouts and my fdti (or whatever its called) drivers and fk eeproms were updated. 1.5 runs on one of them (i have two and set the .bat accordingly), still tossing the occasional axi timeout. win10 1709. pool shows hash and im just gonna let it sit and autotune and see how it goes.
unsure why one is ok and the other isnt but at least a working public eth bitstream is finally here. ill remove and install the drivers and such again later to try to kick the other to life. btw the leds on the fks dont match so somethings up for sure. gotta find out what all the leds indicate.
@jqprez, thanks for posting, i had basically given up on eth for my fks and hadnt been on discord for ages.
edit whoops its technically off topic as mine are self hosted, sorry Babaiaga
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Good news! We are finally mining eth at 50-60 mhs! now they start talking my language!
more info please. been a long time since ive paid attention to sqrl, be nice to finally see eth on their hardware. Info after the test period. 7-10 days i think. found it (i think) https://download.squirrelsresearch.com/sqrl_eth_release_v1.3.1_public.zipedit: *nix and windows versions too.. will try later today. gonna be weird seeing my fks being actually useful after a year or whatever it was since i bought them. |
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Good news! We are finally mining eth at 50-60 mhs! now they start talking my language!
more info please. been a long time since ive paid attention to sqrl, be nice to finally see eth on their hardware. |
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i just found out Dish network (satellite tv for those who dont recognize the name) takes bitcoin as payment lol. old news i guess but i just noticed yesterday while in my account. probably through a 3rd party, not directly.. i didnt bother to check that far.
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Let's say that 2/3 of BTC mining got knocked out for a variety of reasons in the coming months, then of course, there would be drama and FUD spreading, but at the same time BTC difficulty level is going to adapt every two weeks as the hashpower changes, in order to adjust to whatever might be going on, and king daddy could give less than two shits about from where (or what jurisdiction) such hashpower comes, and king daddy gives less than two shits if 95% of the hashpower leaves. Of course, if there is lower hashpower happens, then there could be means to attack it while using less amount of resources, too. maybe depends on where that hash that disappears from. what if its from mostly one or two of the top pools. if one of the remaining pools suddenly has over 51% of that remaining hashpower there could be some fear of that pool taking advantage of it for nefarious purposes. that type of drama did happen years back and although it was settled pretty fast (the pool that had near/over 51% prevented new miners from joining iirc) if it happens again maybe the price would be affected. i dont really keep track of the btc pool hash distribution as i just mine shitcoins on auto exchange pools for btc. someone here will likely have some insight on that (philip maybe?). |
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re: ignore list
a while back (years) when sig spamming got real bad someone (several people i think) published lists of everyone who was in a sig campaign in a format you could copy/paste into your ignore list. the lists were hundred of names long and i imported several, to the point where the forum gave me errors when importing.
as time went on i unignored some as their posts were usually useful (found when others quoted them for instance). but my list still has hundreds of names, many of whom probably are long gone from the forum. but my ignore list is stupid long to scroll through still. baddecker and ibian are about the only ones worth mentioning here.
oh and the various bsv trolls. jbreher gets a pass though.
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Nice collection  KNC miners would be needed as they were the first ASICs AFAK. Good old Jupiters, Saturns and Neptunes. Also Butterfly Labs. avalon was the 1st asic based miners iirc |
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There is an unconfirmed report that Risto Pietila has died. By his own hand, people are saying. More if I get it.
Coincidentally, I was thinking of him the last few days as one of the Bitcoin OG's whom I believe struggled with mental health issues, and wondering how he'd managed.  As I understand, he gained and lost a fortune several times and scammed some folks along the way. We often speak of Bitcoin mooning and I sometimes wonder how managing an enormous newfound wealth might inevitably impact my life and mental state. A slippery slope no doubt Don't do it, Icygreen.. don't let the fortune get to you. Try to remain calm / your old normal self; and keep all your same friends (and job too). No hookers, lambos or blow... stay away from those.  Gotta stay vigilant humble and charitable. I believe you've described part of the process as a sort of fuck you status. All of a sudden, fuck this fuck that, fuck him, because, you know.... I gots mine. yeah never forget where you came from, you could find yourself right back to where you started. in my case being poor back in the day. paycheck to paycheck? that was paradise, i usually was out of money a day or two after payday.. dark times and mainly my fault. being poor gives a pretty good perspective on finally having enough money to not worry too much about your next meal (or your next lambo perhaps). mental health is a tough thing to self judge, after all how do you judge the state of your brain when your brain only can see whats interpreted and filtered (or even altered in many cases) through itself. if you cant trust your own brain.. well i cant see that being much fun at all. edit: i may of screwed the quotes up |
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..... And the Wall Observer thread is an invaluable source of the pulse as to where btc is going (although its an acquired taste, and bring eye bleach) I used to visit the wall observer before but I didn't see it as "an invaluable source of the pulse as to where btc is going". Most of the conversations I read every time I go there were small talks. Maybe I just don't get it yet and I still have a lot of learning to do. I'll be lurking there again. true enough. there is the drama and small talk but thats part of the WO "charm" for want of a better term.. other, less polite terms apply of course but i wont repeat them here.. and yes, you do need to read through a lot of fluff but its worth it imo. |
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it allowed me to retire early.
thank you bitcoin.
A man from 2011! Thank you Bitcoin indeed! Hahaha. I'm curious, for you during 2011, did someone tell you that Bitcoin would surge to $10,000, and did you believe them? Or were you only HODLing because of community and camaraderie? as a miner back then the only off ramp was mtgox and dwolla and coins were around $10 USD and i mined with gaming GPUs. it then fell to around $2 USD for a loooong time. i still mined though through that phase. so it was more a hobby and to be part of the Grand Experiment. where it would eventually go i had no idea but i felt it was a game changer.. but not to the extent it wound up to be. as to someone saying it would go to 10K (and 20k) back then..well i would of laughed in their face. but i liked the tech and making (back then) chump change with a gaming rig (later buying several cards, mostly ATI HD58xx and 68xx series cards) to subsidize my gaming rigs but i dindt fully understand it till much later. once i fully understood the white paper.. well it blew my mind as to its simplicity and vision. and here we are. Did you keep most of the coins once you fully understood the white paper? Or was it still "very impossible" to believe that it would be worth more that $10,000 one day? Because I believe history is repeating itself. no, even after more or less understanding the white paper and sound money i still sold most as it was (and still is) an experiment. although now its pretty well established. but back then, at anytime it could of gone to zero (and still could tbh). so i sold many at local highs over the years ($100, $350 etc). gave me some good upgrades to my lifestyle. but when the 2017 bull run happened while i sold too, now i keep as much of a reserve as possible. i never expected that kind of rise. once it happened.. well now its a different story. so, maybe 80-90% of my mined coins are gone. keep in mind though the whole reason i got into it was to make some profit from my hobby and participate in the Grand Experiment and that was the deal i made with my wife (and myself).. to actually USE bitcoin as at that time the use case was very up in the air. if no one spent early btc, it could of failed. so, no real regrets. i feel that helped make bitcoin what it is today (in my extremely small way). |
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Ok, they open the skull, insert a chip with electrodes, but WTF it does?
The pig with implant is shy and does not want to come out, investigating something away from the camera.
Conclusion: ?
 that implant.. will it allow us to control nubile young females to grant our every desire? No it will send you to reconditioning for thinking of it. well if its reconditioning by said nubile young females... hmmmm |
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that implant.. will it allow us to control nubile young females to grant our every desire?
Not exactly.  err yeah thats not exactly the young nubile female type i was thinking of. so, what for implant v 2.0 maybe. |
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Ok, they open the skull, insert a chip with electrodes, but WTF it does?
The pig with implant is shy and does not want to come out, investigating something away from the camera.
Conclusion: ?
merited for dr who cyberman pics. that implant.. will it allow us to control nubile young females to grant our every desire? |
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I don't know what exactly happened here, but that's definitely not what the OG Bitcoiners were all about.
 nothing really, until you do both in a lambo at 170 mph |
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so. room with all windows shades drawn (better: a closet with no windows/connection to exterior walls). all laptops/cellphones/webcams/smart speakers/smart TVs/voice remotes etc off and batteries/ethernet cables/power cords removed, all wifi disconnected at the sources (you might be amazed how many devices have wifi that you may not know about).. thats ALL of them in the house, not just the room youre in. use casino dice to generate the seed words. all in a sealed room. then a strong passphrase. burn all your work after verifying it all works.
I would add some white noise. Can use any old cell phone, download a white noise app, plug in some speakers, turn on airplane mode, let it run, make some noise, so any bugs listening will hear the noise. good idea, white noise. but i would burn it to cd and play that or buy one of those mechanical white noise generators. i just dont trust cell phones even in airplane mode (possibly compromised phone). after all it could record and then send the recording when back online. i have tinnitus so am very familiar with white noise, i bring white noise devices when im on vacation and such. |
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I've seen a few Oanda mobo/cpu/RAM combos on eBay that aren't expensive, so I'll make sure to look for them for my next rig.
i have an Onda D8P (i assume you mean onda not oanda but perhaps im mistaken.) its an 8 full size slot board with 2.5 spacing between slots so 2 slot gpus still have breathing room. its run flawlessly for years and has had fpgas as well as gpus in it. that model has a socket for the cpu (i threw a pentium g4400 in) and one sodimm slot as well as a msata ssd socket so is very self contained and neat as far as wires etc. dunno if you can get them now. but it was a game changer from my riser rigs. what a pain riser rigs were when changing things around, cleaning gpus etc. riserless boards for the win. |
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RE: cracking a 256 bit key
obviously much simpler to just spy on the person creating the key/seeds.
think of how many microphones and cameras there are in the various devices in your house. then windows that someone can see into (drones have fantastic cameras btw).
so. room with all windows shades drawn (better: a closet with no windows/connection to exterior walls). all laptops/cellphones/webcams/smart speakers/smart TVs/voice remotes etc off and batteries/ethernet cables/power cords removed, all wifi disconnected at the sources (you might be amazed how many devices have wifi that you may not know about).. thats ALL of them in the house, not just the room youre in. use casino dice to generate the seed words. all in a sealed room. then a strong passphrase. burn all your work after verifying it all works.
engrave it on your favorite fire/waterproof medium. include some (or all) non magnet mediums for any metal detectors that may be employed to find stuff like that. or sprinkle hundreds of nuts and bolts in walls and around your property as as diversions/time wasters. etc.
now none of that involves cracking that 256 bit key but this is just stuff ive thought of when generating seeds. im sure there are many better ways.
so a bit off the topic but hey just tossing ideas out.
and yes paranoia is my middle name.. at least when it comes to keys/seeds.
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