Help getting started with a Mac?

[m-eagleton]

Hello everybody.

I recently purchased a USB GekkoScience 8-16 GH/s in order to mine Bitcoins on my iMac (running OS X Yosemite version 10.10.5.) and I could really do with some help/guidance to getting it all setup.

I am new to mining, but it's something I've been curious about and interested in for quite some time.

At this point, let me just clarify that my goal is to learn about mining and have fun doing it. I'm well aware that my potential mining setup will cost more in electricity than it makes in bitcoin and I am fine with that.

Anyway, every guide I've found so far is unsuitable because of a combination of...
- Not being made for a beginner
- Is for a PC and not a Mac
- Uses different miners
- Dated (not sure how much this matters)

I would really appreciate it if someone could instruct me on how to get my GekkoScience miner setup on my Mac.

So far I have a wallet and have joined Slushpool.

Thanks in advance!

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[philipma1957]

Hello everybody.

I recently purchased a USB GekkoScience 8-16 GH/s in order to mine Bitcoins on my iMac (running OS X Yosemite version 10.10.5.) and I could really do with some help/guidance to getting it all setup.

I am new to mining, but it's something I've been curious about and interested in for quite some time.

At this point, let me just clarify that my goal is to learn about mining and have fun doing it. I'm well aware that my potential mining setup will cost more in electricity than it makes in bitcoin and I am fine with that.

Anyway, every guide I've found so far is unsuitable because of a combination of...
- Not being made for a beginner
- Is for a PC and not a Mac
- Uses different miners
- Dated (not sure how much this matters)

I would really appreciate it if someone could instruct me on how to get my GekkoScience miner setup on my Mac.

So far I have a wallet and have joined Slushpool.
Thanks in advance!

I have run these sticks on a mac.
But I used the fusion soft ware to run windows 7 as a shell inside my mac mini.

I know of no one running these sticks on a mac that is running os 10.10.5

To be able to run windows  on your mac  is a bit costly.

my suggestion is ask how to run on a rasp pi   they are much cheaper to

[FUBAR-BDHR]

Why do people still buy USB sticks they are practically useless for bitcoin.  Maybe you can mine some other coins but you will get nowhere with bitcoin.

Code:

The expected generation output, at 16 ghps, given difficulty of 166,851,513,282.777191162109, 
is 0.00004822554 BTC per day and 0.000002009397 BTC per hour.  
Given this rate it will take you 56 years, 42 weeks, 1 day, 21 hours, 36 minutes, and 59 seconds to make 1.0 BTC

You would make more doing faucets.

[Raimonn]

Why do people still buy USB sticks they are practically useless for bitcoin.  Maybe you can mine some other coins but you will get nowhere with bitcoin.

Code:

The expected generation output, at 16 ghps, given difficulty of 166,851,513,282.777191162109, 
is 0.00004822554 BTC per day and 0.000002009397 BTC per hour.  
Given this rate it will take you 56 years, 42 weeks, 1 day, 21 hours, 36 minutes, and 59 seconds to make 1.0 BTC

You would make more doing faucets.

If he used it to learn how minning works, there is no problem. But he will never reach ROI, the electricity cost is higher than the few satoshis he will win.

[philipma1957]

Why do people still buy USB sticks they are practically useless for bitcoin.  Maybe you can mine some other coins but you will get nowhere with bitcoin.

Code:

The expected generation output, at 16 ghps, given difficulty of 166,851,513,282.777191162109, 
is 0.00004822554 BTC per day and 0.000002009397 BTC per hour.  
Given this rate it will take you 56 years, 42 weeks, 1 day, 21 hours, 36 minutes, and 59 seconds to make 1.0 BTC

You would make more doing faucets.

If he used it to learn how minning works, there is no problem. But he will never reach ROI, the electricity cost is higher than the few satoshis he will win.

well I would argue you are wrong as  I hit 5 blocks of PPC   which the compac stick will mine.

 l think he can do what I do run ½ at ppc and ½ at btc

[m-eagleton]

Thanks for all the replies so far guys.

I am not the least bit concerned about the fact I'll never make a ROI, I'm already about £50 down from buying the USB miner. All I want to do is learn more about mining bitcoin.

I have visions my future-self returning to my Mac after work/sleep/whatever and getting a little joyful buzz off of the fact that I've made fractions of pennies in bitcoin, spent pounds in electricity but again, more importantly, made fractions of pennies in Bitcoin out of thin air  I can understand why some people would think this is a pointless exercise, but it wouldn't be to me.

@philipma1957 - Thanks for your suggestions but in all honesty I'd rather not go down the Fusion or the Raspberry Pi routes.
I've never used either of them, so I would have to set them up separetly which to me seems like unnecessary extra steps as in theory I currently own everything I need to mine?
There is no reason why I wouldn't be able to use these sticks on Mac on 10.10.5 is there?

So what mining software is best for my Miner and Mac? I was very confused while trying to setup CGMiner. Is there anything simpler?

Thanks again.

[philipma1957]

Thanks for all the replies so far guys.

I am not the least bit concerned about the fact I'll never make a ROI, I'm already about £50 down from buying the USB miner. All I want to do is learn more about mining bitcoin.

I have visions my future-self returning to my Mac after work/sleep/whatever and getting a little joyful buzz off of the fact that I've made fractions of pennies in bitcoin, spent pounds in electricity but again, more importantly, made fractions of pennies in Bitcoin out of thin air  I can understand why some people would think this is a pointless exercise, but it wouldn't be to me.

@philipma1957 - Thanks for your suggestions but in all honesty I'd rather not go down the Fusion or the Raspberry Pi routes.
I've never used either of them, so I would have to set them up separetly which to me seems like unnecessary extra steps as in theory I currently own everything I need to mine?
There is no reason why I wouldn't be able to use these sticks on Mac on 10.10.5 is there?

So what mining software is best for my Miner and Mac? I was very confused while trying to setup CGMiner. Is there anything simpler?

Thanks again.

I am un aware of any current mac software that will mine for you..  maybe  bitminter  pool will allow you he has  own client software.

https://bitminter.com/