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Today at 02:10:54 AM

New Year’s 2026

A did a last minute corn buy at 10 minutes to 12
B did a new corn buy at 10 minutes after 12
C did a shot of my favorite whiskey
D did 20 pushups at 12:15

watched the ball drop for Chicago at 1am eastern
crashed out.

Today paid monthly power bill for mining

made blackeyed peas greens spirial cut ham and corn bread for lunch

2026 resolution trip to upstate new york including Niagara falls.

continue mining.

Phil - I'm curious how many kWh you typically use per month for your mining. Not knowing what mining equipment you run, and if it runs at a reduced rate or runs less than 24/7 - it can vary a good amount...

Have you determined the wattage you're using per month for just the mining, breaking it out from your usage for the rest of the house?    

I think a Bitmain Antminer S9 (13.5TH/s) draws 1350 watts, so that is 32.4 kWh/Day and 972 kWh/Month, which at (I'm guessing 16¢ or 17¢ per kWh you likely pay in NJ) just one Antminer S9 costs about $160 per month to operate.  

What I don't know is how much Bitcoin can be mined each month at an electrical cost of ~$160.  At 13.5TH/s isn't it a sizeable loss to mine?  

I mine with modified t21's in my house.

3x24x31=2,232 kwatts at 20 cents = 446 usd I pay with a 5% discount so 446x0.95=424 a month for power

Yeah, I figured around $400+ per month for just one T21.  At the current BTC price isn't that a loss of about $150 per T21? Why mine when it doesn't pay - it seems to actually be a money burner! What am I missing about this?
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424 for power for gear that earns 207 a month means home mining is losing 217 a month. but

I generate 3412 btus per Kwatt or  10k btus an hour 24/7

so my heating bill is close to zero vs about 200.

Thus I break even at my home mining for 5 -6 months a year.

At current terrible price and difficulty numbers.

My real mining is at far lower price at a host in Iowa

Okay, that's great! You must have something special setup to draw the heat into ductwork and circulate it through the house using the air handler. I like the idea o using the equipment heat to heat the house it is possible instead of using electricity or natural gas for heat.

I've got a family member that has a AL-1000 gas meter with a capacity of 2.5 million BTU/hr with two 2" lines, capable of flowing as the same time - which is needed for a huge house wit five HVAC systems, cooking equipment, grill and pizza oven, multiple tankless water heaters, clothes dryers, twenty outdoor gas lighting fixtures, swimming pool/Spa heating, etc. - and the other 2" gas line feeds a 150kW commercial size generator to make electricity for the whole house with an 800 amp service if utility power is ever out. His natural gas bill can be enormous if there is a lot of gas equipment used. Thankfully it usually doesn't get really cold in North Texas and if it does, it doesn't last long.

I rode my mountain bike a little today in shorts and a t-shirt because it was sunny and 72° on January 1st and your area still has snow on the ground and temps close to teens.

BTW, Happy New Year to you, Phil - Hoping you have a healthy, prosperous and meaningful 2026. And, Go Bitcoin! Go up, that is!!!  Grin    
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it's New Year, I don't eat Wagyu daily! Eggs on the other hand, well, I think they are power food, especially raw. So I eat a lot of them. But I avoid mass farmed eggs.

I just learned that there is water in the egg white that you should get rid of before eating the white raw.

I agree with eating the yolks, but I thought it would probably be better to eat the whole egg rather than just part of it, whether cooked or not.

Fair enough. I won't further pursue the adoption topic.

I only get rid of the water in the egg white, the actual white I eat. sometimes raw sometimes I keep it and fry it later.

I think you got more coin than me (I think it was 0.21 or so), so you should be the one to adopt someone
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