Interesting question. I think there is no doubt these various types of use-cases.
1) biggest rig/efficient miners -- These users often come up with interesting cooling solutions. what comes to mind recently was how some people were removing fans from 5 chip gridseeds and stacking them tall or laying them sideways. this allowed for much larger solutions and was very educational. I myself really used some of these tactics to help quiet down my rig and efficiently stack them. Not to mention overclock techniques these people help the rest of us get the most from our rigs.
2) who gets it first -- Often times I have found the people that get it first provide invaluable information to other users such as review sites. I have seen blogs do in depth analysis even before releases of products and that helps alot of us make decisions. especially with pre-orders. The people who get it first usually are kind enough to share their views, pictures and it confirms the reality of the product for users who were waiting for that. The nature of this industry with pre-orders, some scams, and delays make even more important a set of people to get the miners first to help quickly share their findings such as overclocking, pictures, overall comments. Yet, there is no question there are simply those going at this purely technical and want the biggest power to beat rising difficulties. I presume lessons learned from how Bitcoin grew.
3) most hash power -- I think this is often seen in pools. People who are not listed as "anonymous" clearly want others to know their rig is running at high rates. I am often envious checking stats at the various pools. But again, these might be the same people going after the technical play of beating difficulty.
4) profit -- Probably the most difficult to pull off with lots of foresight. I think that can be seen in the scenario with the Titan. People have known about the Titan for some time but it is still not released which means people focused on profit follow the mantra of mining now is always better than mining later. I could have 3x the hash power but if the difficulty has risen 4x and above then it is not an apples to apples comparison.
Overall, I think the "best" miners are ones that share some of their results. Maybe its a trick they found such as optimizing the Gridseeds at a certain MHZ for overclock while still being cool. Or maybe they answer questions for people who are curious about the miner itself. Such as what does it look like and how are people using it. I remember when I first got into BTC I started with USB sticks. I remember going nuts trying to find hubs that would work correctly for the most USB sticks. It always helps when people share their experience and those are the "best" or better put most valuable miners in my opinion.
Yet, if we are talking about "skill" these people are the ones that really take the mining to unique levels such as a physical modification of a device. Overclocking a speed is one thing but testing different chips and soldering to me I see as a "skill" and invaluable to this industry.
Lastly, "credibility/influence" there will always be first movers in any industry. Those people often times are similar to the "best" miners I spoke of above. While not every miner has the time to share all their findings even spending the time answering some questions helps. I firmly believe the more "teachers" we have for "newbie miners" helps grow the cryptocoin world and is critical to the growth. I compare it to when I have friends come over and they see my mining rig it sparks conversation. That is always a great way to grow our world. Bitcoin and the other coins would never have grown to what they became if not for people taking the time to teach and show others while getting them involved. Therefore, it is incredibly important to have a range of machines too. Those smaller miners might have payback periods that are unrealistic but sometimes it is not about making the money back but more about learning the industry itself aka "getting your feet wet".
Anyways, I want to thank everyone who has spent the time to share their thoughts, findings, reviews, pictures, links, knowledge and more. We would not be growing and where we are if not for their help.
Cheers!
Hey everyone,
I have a question for you. Its going to sound a little strange, but I will do my best to word it here.
One of the things I have noticed in this industry, like most, is there is a stoke of competition. Who has the biggest rig, who gets it first, most amount of hash power, who can set up the most efficient miners, who can yield the most profit, etc. Some of those things are monetarily driven, but some of it is based on the "skill" of the miner.
What makes the "best" miners, the best?
What are some examples of the way miners compete with each other that's skill based?
What kind of things make a miner more credible? Or give them more influence?
I would love to hear your thoughts
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