if i were you i would hide it in an unbreakable safe as the price of bitcoins might grow a lot in the future and you would have a lot of money on it
There is no such thing as a "ubreakable safe". A safety deposit box is best as it has bank security, but yes you pay for it monthly in most cases. Just like safes are fire resistant, inside they tell exact specs. But they are not fire proof. They resist to bad things but are not impossible depending on effort someone put's on it to open it. |
|
|
|
I've tried to gain substantial amounts of BTC from endless faucets but havent had any luck thus far...are they're any good ones out there to make a fast come up or is it all pointless?
Sorry if this is in the wrong place, Im new!
Best time-effort fauceting I have done is through rotator Lets get crypto (just google it). They offer a very high paying list of faucets, a firefox plugin to claim a little faster, and free referals for using it. It is not worth the time still, but you can work your way to get many referals and then get some BTC passively from their commision. Even doing this it's still cents per hours in most cases. Like you said it's not worth the time. A rotator all your doing is making that person who made it a lot of referrals. As it uses their ref code when it goes to each one. So he/she is sitting back relaxing whall you make him cents per hour as well. Getting many referrals on faucet's just really does not happen anymore. Everyone knows they are pretty bad on income... so its a tough sell. |
|
|
|
You are not baned for campaigns you are banned from the forum. This includes all your accounts. Obviosly I am banned from the forums, but it says for sig ad. But why? Also some random guy gave me negative for Sig Campaigns. It's on this account It means your posts were not up to par with content, and they gave you a temp ban. Can you link to account we might be able to tell more seeing posts? Best advice is make sure not to try to game system. Treat this seriously and do not use any other accounts to post in anywhere besides meta until ban is gone. To many try to get back quick and get evading and perma ban. I said this... and I guess op did not read and is posting outside of meta in "Economy / Services" multiple times. Seriously that is most likely a perma ban. And that is for ALL of your accounts. Not just the one. I tried to warn you as far to often people seem to try to hurry it and not wait... it always ends up bad when they do. |
|
|
|
That is really impressive, especially given all the problems people reported with the S5. It's like they brought back the S1 bullet proof-ness for the S5+. I hope their S7s run as smoothly. Now if only my electricity was priced such that I could run any of these new machines...  I don't know if I got lucky or the ones that posted with bad results got un-lucky. But this is honestly a rock solid rig. I was worried with all the PCIe cables, and the warnings they give you. But I have been able to hit a month of running multiple times in this thread. It really does just keep running, I wish the power company did not turn off power for my reign for upgrades or I likely would have 60 day's on run time without issue. I would not give my S5+ up right now. I'm having amazing luck with a lot of hash for 1 miner. If you get a good one this miner is highly recommended. |
|
|
|
This is how I keep my 3xU3 cool:  1x80mm fan under each, powered using a DIY USB connector (5V) I like the idea looks nice just seems like overkill. Part of it could be I don't push mine to hard, I don't see reason to push a lotto device for me to hard on the U3's. But I can get pretty good speeds and use PC fans sit up on a table to push air. Works pretty well I push air from my compacs and U3's. It's kinda my lotto miner area. |
|
|
|
Seriously folks...
This an S3.
Find ANY 430w or 460w or whatever the cheapest Cooler Master, Antec, or whatever other $5 power supply that Goodwill has lying around or you can scrap out of some old PC.
Try the goodwill outlet for the $0.89/lb stuff.
You'll want one with at least two 15A 12v rails, or a single 12v rail of 30A or higher, try to find one with 2 PCI-E 6-pin connectors already attached, otherwise you may need to use the motherboard pins in creative fashion or get a HDD style molex to PCI-E adapter (these are usually 2 into 1), but will often cost you as much as a power supply, even though they shipped free with video cards for a couple years there and are plentiful in surplus locations and labs everywhere.
Think CHEAP! This is an S3, right now, if your power is under $0.10 USD/kw, and you get a cheap enough supply, depending on what you paid for the unit, you might make some coin!
Good luck!
Do the math on S3 you will lose money if at 10 cents you really need cheaper. There are those who run gear and justify loss as heaters. But I would rater run a machine I don't lose and spend more and still get that free heat. But on cheap PSU... bad advice. Some are crazy bad on PCIe cables. Everything from just cheap cables to horrible adapters. Fire scares me... so I use proper PSU's. Dont think cheap think safe. A good PSU you can use multiple generations of miners. |
|
|
|
For those wondering if the firmware fixes the issue with not having internet access potentially frying a s7, I can confirm it. My father-in-law was watching my kids today and was having issues with the wireless on one of my Roku boxes. He arbitrarily started setting static ip addresses and knocked two of my seven s7's offline about five hours ago. Both had the new firmware luckily, but one of my seven did not. I killed the port on the juniper switch with the one that had the old firmware and the fan crawled to an idle, so I can confirm beyond a reasonable doubt that the new firmware keeps the fan at a very high idle if there is no internet connection.
I asked him what time he messed with the addresses on the Roku and it was five hours ago. On both of the ones he knocked off before finding a non-reserved IP they were both beeping very loudly, but the fans were spinning at a high rpm. During my test on the one with the old firmware the fan was barely spinning, so for the father-in-law variable the last one is updated now. Hard resetting them both allowed them to recover, luckily I am anal and log dhcp assignment and errors to syslog. It only took me a little while to figure out that he picked addresses that were in my reserved dhcp exclusion range.....
Neither auto-reconnected, which I find to be an interesting design flaw or bug.
Sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ufo
Thanks for the information, Sir. Much appreciated! Glad I updated to new firmware then. Can keep fan on auto and not worry if internet goes out a while. I normally don't do firmware updates but I think this one is worth it. The people that hard code their fan settings low on purpose on the original firmware may be in for a nasty surprise. :/ Ufo I think hard coding fan level to less is asking for trouble in most cases. And doing it voids warranty...... so expensive machine to void warranty on. So I'm honestly surprised some do it at all. It's almost to the point you need a area to put loud miners. It makes your life so much easier then trying to battle noise. |
|
|
|
Anyone know when the last of the S7 will be delivered to halt these difficulty increases? Will it be next week? Did they ship everyones?
well weds thur and fri many will arrive and go online. not sure after these three days. but I see 3 strong days ahead. Bitwisdom went down slightly: Bitcoin Difficulty: 60,883,825,480 Estimated Next Difficulty: 63,182,042,292 (+3.77%) Adjust time: After 157 Blocks, About 1.0 days Hashrate(?): 465,574,601 GH/s Would be nice to stay under 4 but I figure between S7's already online. And those people get tomorrow 4 is pretty much going to happen, just depends how high. I wish thursday and friday were in this difficulty just to see more accurate on S7's but it will be on next one. Price still amazing around 295. It has went up faster then I was assuming.... so I'm pretty happy on that. |
|
|
|
Delta fans are crap?
You have a very interesting definition of "crap".
I think he probably doesn't like them due to noise, they push a lot of air but they aren't Noctuas and could definitely be a lot better, especially when paying for an expensive device (like an antminer S7). Delta fans are noisy? Well, the high end ones certainly aren't quiet, though none of the 120mm models I've seen on miners can compare to the old 80mm 80CFM screamer - thank goodness! There are VERY few companies that make fans that can push anywhere near as much air as the higher-end Deltas though, and they ALL are comparable on noise level - like the YSTech that the SP20 used, it only seemed quieter due to a better mount and default lower % setting than the comparable Delta models. I used to prefer Rotron over Delta, but Rotron got cheap over the last 20 years - their metal-frame ball bearing fans were bloody near unbreakable, and I've still GOT some that are 20+ years old in working gear with 150k+ hours on some of them. The only thing is the miner will have what a 2 year lifespan? I'm guessing something like that. Then it's at "free" or in a museum. Deltas are loud and push a lot of air. But a lot of bitmain gear is not to quiet either. Home miners who want quiet are fighting a battle I do not envy as when making the gear very few look at noise anymore. I use my mining area so I'm lucky. Noise I could care less on I just want it to be a dependable fan with lots of CFM. Mots deltas seem to do this. I have had a LOT of delta fan's and only one die. So overall I think pretty good quality. |
|
|
|
Free electricity is one thing. Others you should consider is: budget, noise and heat. Antminer is always a star to shine. Antminer S5 will be the best option you got but the noise is huge so you will need some mod for it
I just had a look I think we can let this thread die OP last login: Last Active: October 16, 2015, 03:00:45 PM So chances are he will not be reading anything put in here.... so really serves no purpose. With "free" electricity yes you can make money. Its pretty simple on ROI. |
|
|
|
ok mining rig rentals I think is not a really good idea for mining BTC because the rent price is not equal between many rigs and it's usually above the what you can make profit from so that rig's owner can make money and pay for the electricity too
It's gone down from it's height. But at one time rig owners would make a decent amount extra selling hash. Part of only reason I ROI'ed on my a2 was rentals. But nicehash took the entire maket pretty much. It's so easy just a lot of people use it at this point. It is currently at -2 percent average on BTC. Unless lucky on a pool that 2 percent will not make you any money after fees. The one who rents the rig gets the most. You really can't long term rent machines for profit on BTC. |
|
|
|
|
I liked being wrong and having it around 2 percent. But guess 4 is not horrible we have seen much worse.
With price around 295 its hard to be to sad over it. I'm feeling pretty darn good on it overall.
|
|
|
|
Does anyone thinks this guy will come back again any day ?
No but if he does use escrow. And not just till order point but delivery. I suspect he did not have the GC but if he did it was likely carded. Sadly carded GC's tend to show up here from time to time and people try to get BTC for them. If it is a carded GC you might get a order that looks great, but at last minute when they figure out it's carded order get's canceled. This is why escrow until delivery is so important. |
|
|
|
I important thing on that link on their website: Difficulty: Hard Work should be performed by a licensed electrician Check local ordinances but most places will require a licensed electrician and possibly permits. Or you might be lucky and live in a place with not much ordinances. Upgrading to a 200 amp is not really a DIY thing. |
|
|
|
You are not baned for campaigns you are banned from the forum. This includes all your accounts. Obviosly I am banned from the forums, but it says for sig ad. But why? Also some random guy gave me negative for Sig Campaigns. It's on this account It means your posts were not up to par with content, and they gave you a temp ban. Can you link to account we might be able to tell more seeing posts? Best advice is make sure not to try to game system. Treat this seriously and do not use any other accounts to post in anywhere besides meta until ban is gone. To many try to get back quick and get evading and perma ban. |
|
|
|
you need to look for ASICs. CPU/GPU/Server mining of Bitcoin is dead. Search for things like S7, S5, etc. These are specialized mining machines that can and do only one thing - mine SHA256 coins.
Yeah but there are any website that provide ASICs mining hardware? And we pay and just put the stratum url etc etc. ? Regards. Entire forum dedicated to it hardware: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=76.0But asics are needed if mining BTC. No longer will GPU/CPU mining work on mining BTC. |
|
|
|
I will stick with my original and the most obvious thought that they go from 3 boards to 2. No new design or testing needed, parts are common across all S7 variants and a significant cost reduction.
The only "problem" with this was that the maths did not add up to 3.5TH unless you clocked at 650MHz which given the problems they seem to have had at 600MHz seemed unlikely.
So my best current guess is that the 3.5TH rumour is slightly off and that it will be a 2 Board 3.1TH - 3.2TH S7 lite.
Rich
I would be totally fine with that, especially at a good price! Me too. the S7 is just out of reach for me so something a touch smaller would be perfect I'm not worried about the size. But if they can make one out of 2 blades for cheaper and make it better price per hash... i will be a fan. I want as much hash as I can get for my money. Guess we see what we really get. It is interesting all this happened after kinda leak of avalon 6. |
|
|
|
READ MY POST ABOVE... HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HE'S SAYING. Well, I guess my farm is defying all logic then. I'm certainly pulling in over 200A total - all using 120V. Is your main service panel rated at 200 Amps? When checking this be VERY CAREFUL. Do not touch around the main breaker. There is a heck of a lot of electricity going through the thing. It is a little scary. If you are not use to electrical things I cannot stress enough to be careful around main breaker. dmwardjr has given a lot of really good info. I'm just afraid from answers we might have someone who should not work on the box. |
|
|
|
I trust blockchain.info. The security of your wallet totally depends on you.
Yesterday is a good example of why you should not trust in blockchain alone. They were down... what if you needed to get in? A paperwallet of the account is kinda important for issues like that. With a paperwallet you could have put it in another wallet and used it even when blockchain was down. It's honestly hard to beat cold paper wallet. |
|
|
|
3) Save in interest-bearing BTC accounts Anyone got a list of providers for this service? Thanks Be careful anything like this is likely a ponzi. To be able to guarantee interest for storing your BTC somewhere is not something one could 100 percent promise. To make interest they I guess would invest it which has it's risks. It's not like a US bank with FDIC insure. You could send you money to one of these and never see a cent back. |
|
|
|
|
Show Posts
