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61  Bitcoin / Mining speculation / I see no sudden increase in total network hashrate. on: January 26, 2013, 07:38:02 PM
As one would expect since Avalon DHL shipment officially happened almost a week ago.

Instead I see a slight decrease in both hashrate and difficulty.
As if no ASICs were actually mining, and as if  some GPU rigs were getting retired without replacement.

Just sayin'.
62  Other / Beginners & Help / GLBSE lots of speculation talk, but so far it's gone. on: October 09, 2012, 06:55:15 PM
Lots of speculation going on here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=115669.0

The only FACT I see is that Nefario has closed the site and has gone missing.
That "Update:we will begin processing account closures and returning bitcoin later today." doesn't look good either to me. It's so Pirate-style.

Theymos has also gone silent. So far I don't think he is sure of this anymore:

Quote from: theymos
GLBSE user funds are more or less safe

Whichever way I see it, assets are surely worthless now, and coins are likely gone.
(no I'm not a troll. Just a tad frustrated.)
63  Other / Beginners & Help / Bitcoin home heater idea on: October 09, 2012, 03:57:08 PM
Ok, so the idea comes from the fact that I have electric heating at home, ad I can't change that.

I do have some 1.4 GHashes of GPUs that I bought last November. They are currently sitting there not doing much. Because they produce 750W of heat and I haven't used them in summer. Now the winter is coming. I need heat.  Grin

I know that BTC mining with GPU is not much economically convenient in most countries due to high power costs. In my case I'm close to breaking even. Yet if I'm paying for electric heating, which is basically a direct conversion of electrical power into heat, I might as well mine bitcoins instead, and at least get some of my electric supply costs back.

My server/heater is liquid-cooled with a big radiator and PWM fans on it that are normally quiet but become very noisy when hashing. The noise can be disturbing when listening to music or watching TV, in which case I would switch to a conventional heater.

Sometimes I have friends visiting/staying over - and I enjoy their company a lot but they are not the kind I would want to teach how to launch commands on my server.  Grin

So far what I have come up with is:
1. an automated task to fire up the miner software at certain times of the day;
2. a physical "kill switch" that will turn off the heater for a couple of hours. So my guest can just push the button and enjoy noise-free TV when needed.

I just ordered one of these: http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/6705118/-/Product.html
The button comes with a led, and it can be programmed with a driver available here: http://dreamcheekyusb.codeplex.com/

What I'll do is writing three simple AutoIt programs:
1. MinerOn.exe = checks if miner task is already launched; if not, it launches it & turns the button led ON
2. MinerOff.exe = checks if miner task is already launched; if yes, it kills it & turns the button led OFF
3. MinerSnooze.exe = like MinerOff.exe but also schedules MinerOn.exe in two hours.

(I know, I'm nuts)

Any comments/ideas?  Smiley
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