I had some of the same Ledger concerns shared in this thread but to me they are absolved if you're willing to buy 2-3 wallets at a time and shelve/store them securely after verifying they work. I didn't like the data breach Ledger had but these things happen, even to governments. Batteries and screens also fail over time, no electronic device is exempt to it. I want to be clear that I'm not knocking open source here either though, I'm just saying I don't share the grave concern here as to why Ledger is that bad in comparison to other options out there.

However, with the above in mind and if I was buying right now, I really like the way Keystone is going, especially when it comes to the point of batteries issues over time.

Lastly, no way I'd use Ledger for FIDO and I don't suggest anyone use any hardware wallet for that purpose either, simply because you're putting too many eggs in one basket if you ask me.

I heard you mention in the video that doing it all in 12 months seems like a long time. I would say the opposite as it took me 10 months just to get my house built in 2018 so to do all that plus build a solar mining farm seems like a big lift in a short time.

Best of Luck! If I had the capability I would be doing something similar (except with less trees) lol.

Infinity Cache only makes the claimed performance improvements when you pair it with a AMD 5000-series CPU and the software/game is designed to utilize Smart Memory Access

These are numbers I saw

Radeon RX 6800: $579
Radeon RX 6800 XT: $649
Radeon RX 6900 XT: $999

It's also $1000 USD and the benchmarks AMD released today assumed you're using an AMD 5000 series CPU and new motherboard.

I think the 6800 is going to be the good AMD card for mining as of right now.

From what I've been reading the AMD launch going to be similar, apparently not much stock.

That being said though I sent back my 5700XT's I just bought, going to wait and see how the next waves perform.

Same issue more than a few times for me on launch day. I've given up trying at this point.

Got a link with info on the 56MH 5700XT Bios?

Do I interpret this correctly as you've identified a possible SMOS stability issue with 5500/5600 cards and it wasn't internet connection issues causing your rigs to go down?

Coinomi Android Wallet supports ETC - https://www.coinomi.com/downloads/

I would not store any crypto on any exchange address unless you're actively trading with it. If it's your wallet for safe keeping, don't keep it on any exchange.

I think the target audience here (Noob/Beginner) is someone that wants a dual purpose rig that can also mine. I like videos like this as it shows all the in/out of everything and now when people ask this question of "how can I get into mining?" instead of me having a 30 minute conversation with them, I can just link them this video and tell them to watch it.

Since most noob/beginners aren't going to risk buying used cards, I would expect they would be looking to buy something new on a budget.

Regarding heat, I agree the case choice here is less than ideal but you could just leave the side panel off and negate a significant portion of the heat problem.

My criticism on this video; it skips over the entire portion of what hardware was selected, why it was selected, and the costs associated with it. Although the list of hardware can be found in the blog post, a noob/beginner isn't going to know why they are buying the pieces they are buying and I think it would have been better to have this information be spoken to in the video so noob/beginners can better understand why the hardware was selected.

That being said, still gave it a thumb up.

Curious to see where you get with this.

Also curious to know, are you doing this because it can be done or do you believe that it's better to do this way?

The reason why I ask is because I am of the mindset that more rigs with less cards, like 6-7 per rig is easier to manage than one huge rig, especially when you have a card or card(s) that are giving you grief.

I see some potential power benefits of running one huge rig versus several though and less costs overall to startup a new rig or expand an existing one but if the rig is higher maintenance long term because of its size I would see these gains being lost due to lost profits from downtime.

I decided to pickup some Sapphire Pulse 5700XT's -- anyone have any recommended settings for them?

I almost went with the 5600XT's that Phil suggested here but I couldn't get them in the quantity I wanted and thought might be a better play long term to spend a little more.

Saw the video, seems like they were influenced by the capabilities of SIA and combined it with a fancy UI that lets you send messages/storage/etc over the chain.

You're clearly running a node/host of some kind, could be a ddos bot for all we know lol.

I understand why the likely Chinese developers need to remain anonymous, it's not like their country is handing out accomplishment awards for those that circumvent government surveillance in their country.

In closing, cool idea but I don't see myself using it on anything I want to remain "secure" due to the security concerns of the entire platform and its origination.

Also, to your note in the video, no idea how much of this was "pre-mined" before it went public.

Didn't nab any either but I did try... however after seeing these numbers I think the 3070 going to be the better bang for the buck card when it releases.

Also not a fan of Gigabyte, too many failed fans from their sleeve bearings...

This OP is from 2 years ago... FYI.

Very sorry to hear about your wife, hope she recovers soon.

This year has sucked for sure with everything. I don't think I know anyone right now that is not struggling.

I just started looking at NHOS a bit ago, think I might mess with it soon. Might also try Hive.

It looks like Hashr8 os is gone, like literally gone. Their os page throws an SSL error and now redirects to main blog home page of their site and no longer mentioning the OS? I was just looking at it yesterday too.

Damn that's a great deal! -- you see my question about the other OS?

I know you use SMOS -- you done any messing with Hive or Hashr8 OS? I've been reading up on them and see they are newer players.

Hive seems to have some competitiveness to me while Hashr8 seems to be less as refined since it's younger.


Digging this up as I happen to have a couple of thread rippers myself.

I assume you added XMR mining to this rig? I've been on the fence about using one for that. Why the 128GB?

I'm considering finally making the switch to SMOS and currently considering options.

I've got a mix of older RX480/580 cards that I plan to sell and it seems like that 5600XT a good replacement plus a sizeable mix of 1070/1070TI/1080s all of which have long been paid for/off in 6/7GPU configurations.

Do you believe the power savings alone is going to be enough to justify going in the red short term to make the switch? It seems like it clearly would be in the case of the AMD cards.