Butterfly Labs SGL600G miner

[TwentyGotoTen]

I'm a total mining noob but I just picked up a Butterfly Labs SGL600G miner off of craigslist for $80US(was $1299 new), it also has a power supply. When I bot it, I saw it working for the kid who owned it. I know with btc being so low right now @$200ish per btc that I'm probably not going to get roi on this even for the $80 I spent, but I bought it to learn on & have fun with my sons as a crypto hobbyist. Anyone with any advice how to set it up or what altcoins or pools I could mine on. I always thought peercoin was kind of cool, and I love BTC but any ideas out there? Thanks & I greatly appreciate any help or responses.

[TwentyGotoTen]

Product aka Butterfly Labs 60GH single I believe, seems like an okay deal for what I paid but honestly I'm so green I'm not sure how to start. All I've got is the unit, power supply & usb cable. No software or instructions were available

[hdmediaservices]

Hi - the Butterfly Labs units are for SHA-256 coins - like Bitcoin.  It would be a fun toy I suppose - perhaps use it to play the lotto with one of the BTC solo mining pools.  Otherwise the hashrate is not going to earn you anything. 

I've got a ton of these sitting around that have turned into paperweights. 

[TwentyGotoTen]

Hard to believe something selling for $1299US a little over a year ago is a paperweight but when I bought it I called it a doorstop, lol. Going to try some solo mining I guess or SHA-256 alt coin with lower difficulty. I do pay for electric svc so by the kw hour it probably not going to make anything unless I can run it with a small solar panel as a lottery ticket machine. Thanks for the heads up hdmediaservices
 

[hdmediaservices]

If it came with the original power supply "brick" type -- just be careful.  They have been known to be of poor quality and have actually shorted out some equipment - I guess through the USB port connection.

[TwentyGotoTen]

no, power supply is a corsair cx430, I still haven't even tried to set it up, I'm still gun shy at this point, watching youtube videos, I may want to use a raspberry pi version b, so as not to risk destroying my everyday pc

[hdmediaservices]

no, power supply is a corsair cx430, I still haven't even tried to set it up, I'm still gun shy at this point, watching youtube videos, I may want to use a raspberry pi version b, so as not to risk destroying my everyday pc

It won't ruin your PC.  Sounds like you have a good PSU.  I wouldn't worry.

[TwentyGotoTen]

I found another 30gh miner with a raspberry pi included for short money. So I'm contemplating getting that & the rig would be total 90GH+/- running thru the Rasp pi, power consumption is my primary concern, so if I could connect it to a solar panel with dc to ac power inverter that covered the total power demand, then I might actually see some roi at some point because of little to no power costs.

[hdmediaservices]

I found another 30gh miner with a raspberry pi included for short money. So I'm contemplating getting that & the rig would be total 90GH+/- running thru the Rasp pi, power consumption is my primary concern, so if I could connect it to a solar panel with dc to ac power inverter that covered the total power demand, then I might actually see some roi at some point because of little to no power costs.

Honestly - at that low of a hash, you won't see much of anything trickle in.  Your best bet is to go the "lotto" route.  I think the problem too is that other faster units will solve things before you do and then your unit will submit work that has already been solved.  I could be wrong on this…

[hdmediaservices]

you're probably right, I think the lotto route may be the way to go where btc is concerned, or I can mine a different sha-256 coin with lower difficulty & less competition mining it. then just hope cryptos in general go up in value long term. my expectations are low so I won't be disappointed

Regardless it is a great hobby.  I started off with the BFL units -- then went to the Antminers -- then when to Scrypt mining with the Zeus X6 models and finally the A2s.  Never bought them at retail.

I find it fun - especially in the Scrypt world where you can mine so many different coins.

[VERUMinNUMERIS]

I still get sick when I hear about BFL.  Come on, who still buys from them?