Don't have a heart attack.  I think there would be a lot out there on the subject if running a few machines put off any amount worth worrying about.  I've been looking around and I can't find much on the topic.

This came up another thread.  Is there any credible evidence that any current hardware gives off a meaningful amount of VOCs?

I'd be interested to read up on VOC concerns.  I haven't come across anything on these.  Can you post a link to one or a couple?

Indeed!  This is spectacular!!!!!  Now I'm starting to think of who I know that is currently living on a campus.....

You can find lots of places where you can have you stuff hosted or you can buy hashing power from a cloud hashing outfit.


Here's a link to a place that hosts mining equipment.
http://bitcoinasichosting.com/


Here is a link about Cloud Hosting
http://www.coindesk.com/information/cloud-mining-bitcoin-guide/


I know of couple folks that get friends to host their equipment either at their homes or in their places of business as well.

Yeah, the S1's and S3's a really really easy to get up and running with very little tech knowledge.  It might take you a little "fiddling" time but if you've found the forums (which you clearly have) you can find every step broken down in wonderful detail.





For everyone else, it looks like this is an upgrade kit that essentially turns a S1 into a S3.

Thanks Doc.  The new changes are great.  I've never been in the top 50 but its nice to see how close I am.  No I'm tempted to add some more hash in only to see my name on the wall of fame.

Given how slow the past couple days have been I thought that I would be seeing less over those days (but obviously averaging out over time) but due to the pool-chaser migration I ended up with a bigger piece of each pie (block) and making more than I would have made in a stretch of good luck.  I guess staying put pays in a couple different ways.

Can anyone tell me why BitMinter is such a small Bitcoin mining pool?  Aside from its size, everything else seems to be on par or better than the other pools I've mined with so I can't figure out why they aren't huge?

You're totally right that one person spouting off random ideas of "bet spreading" and switching between pools based on recent challenges can be just enough to make less informed people jump ship.  It needs to stop.

At the end of the day, you're just as likely to be equally successful in any pool.  The payment amounts and frequency change but you'll end up with a comparable amount at the end of the day where ever you mine.  When you're choosing a pool you should be looking at the fees, available services and the ease with which you can run your gear on the pool.  As far as I'm concerned, Bitminter gives me the best of all 3.

I'll be interested to hear how these work out for those of you buying them.  I think the assembly part is kind of fun but I could use a little more information about what needs to be wired.  The youtube video seemed to do a good job of the larger pieces but for me the intricate stuff is always the most intimidating.

Has any talked overclocking capability?

Its nice to see the Hero and Legendary members jumping back in to the conversation.  We really need to make sure everyone gets this whole luck and randomness thing (i.e. nothing that has happened in the past has any relevance to the future).

 Its been really disappointing to see the hash rate dropping during this tough time.  I understand that some people really can't keep the lights on with these low moments but if your bankroll is stable enough there's no reason to jump around.

I have a couple S1's and I'd be interested to hear from anyone who does this upgrade.  Interesting for sure.

Yeah, Hear, Hear for the faithful.  I'm adding on another 1.5 TH/s as soon as they arrive. 

At least our really heavy hitters are hanging with us.  Thanks guys!

I think christhegoth needs to stop posting.  Not only are most of your posts ridiculous and lacking in both common sense and general knowledge but you post like you're a fountain of knowledge.  Which you are not.  You are posting with enough confidence that you are confusing the less experienced.  Please stop.  Bottom line...  Feel free to ask questions -  you should, but stop trying to provide answers - you shouldn't.


To Everyone Else,
The Bitminter forum is a great place to learn a thing or two and the Doc, along with a lot of the folks on the forum, are an unbelievable resource. For your own sake, don't listen to christhegoth.  He probably knows less than you.

Every time that I check the Live Stats and this block is still going I cry a little inside.  Fingers crossed that we crack it soon and see some green numbers in the latest blocks column immediately after!!!!!!

Separate topic.... can anyone provide some advice for setting up a mining business in the US?  Since I'm paying all of this money in electricity and equipment it would make sense to form a business and claim the power costs and hardware purchases as business expenses.  My setup isn't huge - only 1.5 TH/s once my new S3's arrive - so we're not talking a ton of money.  Any advice of thoughts would be much appreciated.

Are paying hosting fees, etc... daily?  Taken over a month or even a couple weeks your payout works our to about the same as any other pool.  The whole process is a little less fun when we have to wait a day or more for good news.  I miss the days of seeing multiple blocks per day but such is life.  If you need the money out of your mining Daily I guess a smaller pool could pose some problems.  Otherwise, I don't see the drawback.  Is there some other drawback that I'm not seeing?



Most people sell them on Ebay or elsewhere just before they become completely obsolete.  I have also hear of a couple guys using them to solo mine.  In general, your odds of every hitting a block solo mining with old or older hardware is really really slim but maybe, just maybe, you might find a block that doesn't take a huge amount of work.  For guys that do this, its kind of like playing the lottery and hoping to hit it big, but knowing that they likely never will.

Osober,
Welcome to the game. You're lucky to have found Bitminter, the DOC is a superb resource for any questions that you have as are the other members of this forum.  I got into mining a couple months back with some USB ASICS and they were a great place to start.   They won't make you a lot of money but they will let you get your feet wet and see how everything works.  If you eventually decide to move upstream into more advanced hardware be sure to see what people are saying about them on the forums.  Some equipment seems like it will be awesome but doesn't pan out in the end.  The folks on these forums can provide a lot of good advice when it comes to purchases.

I was really worried that I wouldn't but I received my S3 from this website yesterday and got it up and mining last night.  So I guess it wasn't a scam.  Note:  If you paid via Paypal and you have a different experience watch their 45 day limit on disputes.