That's not what I'm saying.  The computing power that guarantees your bitcoin is authentic is what the hashing power used to "mine"  the bitcoin is doing.  

Every transaction is part of the block chain.

Every miner is verifying the blockchain is intact and complete.

Every transaction that gets processed is crunched so the entire bitcoin network knows how many bitcoins are in which wallet.  It is how the bitcoin network prevents "counterfeit" coins.  It is also what prevents a coin from being spent twice by the same owner.  That is what the hashing is doing.

Once their is no more reason to mine, the hashing stops.

The transaction, the transfer of one bitcoin to another is what the hashing is doing by the miners.  The miners are the ones that keep the network moving.  When the hashing stops, when the mining stops, when there is no more bitcoins to mine, the system falls apart.  

As I'm diving deeper into crypto, I have found a fatal flaw.  The value of the bitcoin is derived from the power the network creates.  The hashing, is basically the decentralization of the currency. As the crypto becomes more available it means halfing has occurred more frequently.  This makes Bit coin for example more energy intense to mine. It also decreases the rate of which one can accumulate bitcoins.

As the hashing rate is reduced, transactions will slow. 

People will do with crypto rigs as they do with gold rigs, set up shop where the paydirt is, and not try to get every last ounce.  Ironically, the thing that built the network and kept it running, is the bitcoin mining.  Bitcoin IS the fuel that runs the rigs.  When they leave for another currency, that leaves less hashing power to be devoted to the mining bitcoin.  The paradox, is the amount of "currency" available to be circulated won't have the hashing power to maintain the network transactions.   

When the last bitcoin is mined, there will be no more hashing power dedicated to the currency.

Am I missing something?

Any idea what the bat would look like for BFGminer to split hasing power among different pools?

Thank you.

He's on the autism spectrum.  He is fascinated with numbers. He's 10 and reads books about java scripting, and I have no idea how to help him with this... I honestly don't know why he's interested in this and wish it was something I could teach him about, but that's not the hand I was delt.   We got a small rig up and running, and now he's telling me about all different crypto currencies, and I have learned more about etheryum than I ever wanted to know along with some book he wants to get to learn how to program contracts on etheryum.... I really don't know what he's talking about.

We did a few projects related to this, an not all are crypto related, but on my level...  He helped me build a table for the garage for the equipment to rest on, reviewed wire diagrams.  I have a solar set up in the house, so we built a 12v circuit for the rig. 

He enjoyed writing the bat file to execute the BFG script.

I know I'm a bit late to the game, but I'm trying to catch up.  I have started a small rig, as I am just trying to learn the hobby.  I have a few (don't laugh) gridseed orbs.  Again, I want to learn without investing 1000's.

I ordered another rig, a bit stronger, gridseed blade.

I am using BFG miner.

My current bat file looks like this

Bfgminer -S gridseed:all --set-device gridseed:clock=850 --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://us.litecoinpool.org:3333 -u XXXX.1 -p XXXX  All is working well.

What I am trying to figure out is how to have the both gridseed devices blade and orb running off the same computer, or do I need to use separate laptops to handle different devices?

Also, is there a way to mine 2 different pools?   Orb 1 ltcpool, blade 1 xhaspool
Sorry for the stupid questions....  Thank you in advance.  

Thanks for reading... I have a special needs kido who is wanting to learn how to mine.  He's on the autism spectrum, and has some very unusual interests for a 10 year old.... 

Anyway, I am not that knowledgeable of a guy when it comes to this stuff, but I am looking to teach him and be involved in something he has an interest in.  I am not looking to be profitable.  My son loves numbers, and I this topic seems to fascinate him.

I purchased a used ASCI gridseed orb miner.  Based on the price I paid I know it's old, and again, not going to be profitable. 

Has anyone used one of these in the past that would not mind aiding in helping a noob, or point me in the direction of setting up.

Checklist:
He has decided he wishes to mine "Lite coin"
We have set up an account on a pool.

Unsure on software etc that is needed to run this thing and get hooked up to start mining.

Sorry for the stupid questions.  Than you in advance.

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After doing a bit more reading, will go with CPU miner, Getting close to kidoz bedtime so will be putting this down for the night. 

Thank you in advance to anyone who has any hints.

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