hotel mining

[gotminer]

oooh how about this. hide mining rigs in storage rooms of public libraries. leave them there. profit.

Just let me know which library's you leave them in, so I can go pick them up and claim that I left them there.

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[coins4commies]

vehicle mining does sound like a good idea. it would be easy to get good airflow and electric charging stations are free.  You could uber drive a prius with the trunk full of mining rigs. 

[brooklynite1]

another cool fantasy for if profitability goes back up is to carry a rig around to cheap hotels and use the ac to cool it and the rig brings in the cost of the hotel.  I have a small ish 6 card rig that is about the size of a suitcase that could have brought in 40 dollars a day 2 weeks ago. 

Imagine this same concept with higher profitability.  You could travel for free.  My only question is how would airplanes feel about a mining rig in checked luggage?   Customs? 

I'd love to set this up in southeast asia and spend about 20 dollars a day on the hotel. 10 on food and live a life of free travel.  Just be worried about the rig being stolen.

First off that is against any terms of use for any hotel stay anywhere in the world. You know, the papers you sign? It includes unusual use of utilities and they can easily charge your deposit (credit card).

Second of all, that is theft.

Third, the maid will certainly notify the management and your rig will be confiscated as collateral and turned over the police, AND your credit card will be charged for the electricity use. The maid's job is not just to clean your room but also report on its condition.

[shaninium]

another cool fantasy for if profitability goes back up is to carry a rig around to cheap hotels and use the ac to cool it and the rig brings in the cost of the hotel.  I have a small ish 6 card rig that is about the size of a suitcase that could have brought in 40 dollars a day 2 weeks ago.  

Imagine this same concept with higher profitability.  You could travel for free.  My only question is how would airplanes feel about a mining rig in checked luggage?   Customs?  

I'd love to set this up in southeast asia and spend about 20 dollars a day on the hotel. 10 on food and live a life of free travel.  Just be worried about the rig being stolen.

First off that is against any terms of use for any hotel stay anywhere in the world. You know, the papers you sign? It includes unusual use of utilities and they can easily charge your deposit (credit card).

Second of all, that is theft.

Third, the maid will certainly notify the management and your rig will be confiscated as collateral and turned over the police, AND your credit card will be charged for the electricity use. The maid's job is not just to clean your room but also report on its condition.

Just leave a do not disturb sign on your door knob. That will help  keep maids out, Its not likely the hotel/ motels check power meter before and after they  give you keys and whether each room has its own meter is doubful. If there is nothing  specific in the clauses of the room hire about commercial electricity  use then by law your not doing the wrong thing, u paid for a powered room and thats what you should get. If they do see your rigs or asics just say your some IT technician and its part of your business. That covers you as most people who hire rooms are on business trips anyway  and they use their laptops etc anyway. Not a lot of maids would even know what crypto mining is. As long as it isnt a lot of miners it shouldnt look too strange but the keys is to power them off when maid visits and hide them in closet etc and Keep air con on. Asics would be easier, just choose a hotel/motel with good sound   deadening in the walls or use ducting to kill the sound.

[gotminer]

Is this even a serious post?  I mean it's one of the dumbest ideas that I've ever heard of to get free electricity.  You're going to have so many problems moving rigs around all of the time.  Not to mention that you're fucking over someone else, because you are basicly stealing electricity.  I mean I guess I don't know what you pay per kwh, but at 0.10 cents usd, I'm still doing very very well if I were to cash out once a month at 6K btc.  I refuse to sell anything right now though.  I will fund the electric costs out of my own pocket for my farm and still mine, if it were to get to that point.  I'm here for what it could be a year from now ... two years from now ... three years from now ... ten years from now. 

Fucktards who are in this for the daily profit need to get lost.  I hope with the current crash, you've realized that this is not a get rich quick scheme.

[nsummy]

another cool fantasy for if profitability goes back up is to carry a rig around to cheap hotels and use the ac to cool it and the rig brings in the cost of the hotel.  I have a small ish 6 card rig that is about the size of a suitcase that could have brought in 40 dollars a day 2 weeks ago.  

Imagine this same concept with higher profitability.  You could travel for free.  My only question is how would airplanes feel about a mining rig in checked luggage?   Customs?  

I'd love to set this up in southeast asia and spend about 20 dollars a day on the hotel. 10 on food and live a life of free travel.  Just be worried about the rig being stolen.

First off that is against any terms of use for any hotel stay anywhere in the world. You know, the papers you sign? It includes unusual use of utilities and they can easily charge your deposit (credit card).

Second of all, that is theft.

Third, the maid will certainly notify the management and your rig will be confiscated as collateral and turned over the police, AND your credit card will be charged for the electricity use. The maid's job is not just to clean your room but also report on its condition.

Just leave a do not disturb sign on your door knob. That will help  keep maids out, Its not likely the hotel/ motels check power meter before and after they  give you keys and whether each room has its own meter is doubful. If there is nothing  specific in the clauses of the room hire about commercial electricity  use then by law your not doing the wrong thing, u paid for a powered room and thats what you should get. If they do see your rigs or asics just say your some IT technician and its part of your business. That covers you as most people who hire rooms are on business trips anyway  and they use their laptops etc anyway. Not a lot of maids would even know what crypto mining is. As long as it isnt a lot of miners it shouldnt look too strange but the keys is to power them off when maid visits and hide them in closet etc and Keep air con on. Asics would be easier, just choose a hotel/motel with good sound   deadening in the walls or use ducting to kill the sound.

3 months ago it would have kept the maids out.  The Las Vegas shooting has changed a lot.  Anything suspicious (like carting in a bunch of equipment) would be noticed immediately.  The shooting was able to happen because of the do not disturb sign,

[gotminer]

Ok so serious question to the OP.  What do you do if the prostitute that you invite back to your hotel room steals your rigs? 

[Ardasnails]

Nice id love to do this!

[manji]

how a solution for reducing noisy on RIG, and every hotel have to limit minimum for using electricity. sometimes internet connection unstable and using wifi rarely using wire. and some hotel has a rule additional charges if the customer brings goods not accordingly with hotel rules.

[dhouse]

oooh how about this. hide mining rigs in storage rooms of public libraries. leave them there. profit.

Just let me know which library's you leave them in, so I can go pick them up and claim that I left them there.

Pfff I'm obviously keeping the libraries I choose a secret 

[gotminer]

oooh how about this. hide mining rigs in storage rooms of public libraries. leave them there. profit.

Just let me know which library's you leave them in, so I can go pick them up and claim that I left them there.

Pfff I'm obviously keeping the libraries I choose a secret 

Do the libraries in your country typically allow people to just store shit for free?  Do they take responsibility for it when they do this?

[pigfrown]

OP I commend your entrepreneurial thinking.  Don't let the haters get you down, I think you have the base of a solid plan. Noise would definitely be an issue with people sleeping nearby. Maybe with a quiet GPU rig you'd be ok.

Personally I wouldn't want to leave my rig overnight/during the day in case it got stolen/confiscated.. it would be a big risk each stay (depending on where you stay).

How about you use cafes instead? You can use their wifi, plug into an outlet (might need to disguise your rig somewhat, a suitcase should do it), then buy 1 coffee every couple of hours whilst you browse a laptop. This way you save money and are with your rig at all times, in case a swift exit is needed. I'd leave a good tip. If you integrated a UPS into your suitcase-rig and added a fall back 3G dongle, you could even keep mining whilst you walk between cafes/back to your hotel.

You could even try it on public transport. There are trains with sockets/wifi, and depending on ticket prices/ride duration (it would be best to go for super discounted, very slow trains.. that way you get more running time per $ spent), it could be possible for your miner to pay for your train ticket and make a little profit. That way your miner would literally be paying for you to travel.

I'm sure there must be other places where you could do this (airports? train/bus stations?), but you may get moved on eventually.

Good luck OP!

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hotel mining very nice system for miners. future come for us

[gotminer]

hotel mining very nice system for miners. future come for us

No.  It's called theft you cheap bastard.  If I were a hotel operator and caught you doing it in a hotel that I owned, I'd take your mining hardware away and kick your sorry little ass to the street.

[Dlikrot]

People who steal electricity actually does it from their own home. They bypass the meter.

[thedue]

Even though it´s theft.. nothing else..
You don´t need a wifi or stuff... just use a simple router with a sim card.. works fine for mining only..

[gotminer]

So all of you think it's just fine to steal from someone else (the hotel), in order to increase your own profits? 

And by the way ... You're costing the hotel a hell of a lot more money in electricity than you are using their internet connection.  They probably don't give a rats ass about how much bandwidth you use and mining isn't a bandwidth hog to begin with.

[gotminer]

Would it be ok with you if I moved into the house next door to you and just tapped off of your electricity to run my mining rigs?  I don't fucking think you would be ok with that.

[HerbPean]

Its free power so it has its merits. Ive considered a similar thing but it involves a winnebago, good ventilation and powered site fees at a caravan park and a thick extension lead. Internet from a mobile phone or satellite  or the caravan parks wifi.

I actually chuckled out loud at this one.  Love it 

Instead of being in a park, I can just picture someone with an old RV out in the desert with solar panels on top and a cell connection mining away instead of making meth like on Breaking Bad.

As profitability declines, electricity becomes more and more of an issue for some, so I can appreciate the creativity of finding cheaper power!

Breaking bad style... had the same vision for a moment ! 

[whoismoses]

So all of you think it's just fine to steal from someone else (the hotel), in order to increase your own profits? 

I was thinking the same thing while scanning this thread. Stealing is unethical. I know you guys know this. This kind of stuff is what gives miners a bad rap...

If you don't think mining in a hotel room is stealing, you are right, but I don't think that was the expectation of you when they rented the room. Lights, TV, charging phones and computers. That is all built into the cost... I get a single mining rig would only be about $3.5 a day for the hotel, but sometimes all they make on a room is $20-30, so that is a big hit.

Same thing for mining in your apartment when you don't pay electricity. Someone is going to pay for it. You and your neighbors will once the landlord raises the rent.