frankenmint (OP)
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October 01, 2013, 11:26:34 PM |
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I hit a crossroads where I don't know whether or not it makes sense to begin mining sha256 alts NOW because they have lower difficulty, or if I should continue to mine the most valuable (btc) until I reach February which at that point the masses of BE's will be mining alts like ppc coin or trc or possibly asicoin en masse due to v2 and potentially v3 hardware. Looking for reasonable responses, not fanboys, not naysayers, not "you're an idiot, should've bought and hold!"
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Trongersoll
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October 01, 2013, 11:43:25 PM |
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I've found that someone here will eventually ask how much one of these will earn. I found having an account on BTCguild with just one of these in it made it easy to answer that question. Multiples of 10 work too.
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peonminer
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October 01, 2013, 11:47:17 PM |
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run it over with a monster truck, try to re assemble
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Zeek_W
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October 01, 2013, 11:49:08 PM |
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With one? I would say alt coin mine before the rest of us switch to it. Then switch back to BTC solo mining - just let it hash away in a cupboard and check it once a month or something. Oh and overclock it mildly.
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balanghai
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October 01, 2013, 11:57:29 PM |
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run it over with a monster truck, try to re assemble
So you did this with yours? How many Mh/s does it mine after?
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mogrith
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October 02, 2013, 12:02:39 AM |
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couple of missing options.
Sell it to someone else.
Plug into USB port but not hash. Use as nightlight.
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uberdag
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October 02, 2013, 12:12:46 AM |
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What alt coins are there? all i have found are scrypt based
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October 02, 2013, 12:28:50 AM |
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What alt coins are there? all i have found are scrypt based
There are no SHA-256 coins that are more profitable than BTC. Don't listen to him. http://mining.thegenesisblock.com/a/963c0788faYou have 3 options: A) Sell it for ~$20 USD. It's about all they're worth. Prolly your best bet. B) Keep it an mine ~$10 USD worth of BTC. As seen above, that's about all your can hope for. C) Keep it and solo mine. You won't get any BTC, unless you get EXTREMELY lucky and get a block. I've heard of people getting blocks on their BEs, but it's highly doubtful, and getting more and more doubtful every time the difficulty goes up.
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October 02, 2013, 12:33:49 AM |
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Tie it to a firework, Video record you setting it off Upload to YouTube Profit??
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October 02, 2013, 12:50:39 AM |
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will it blend?
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October 02, 2013, 12:59:52 AM |
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Put it in a bottle and throw it into teh sea
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OBJECT NOT FOUND
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YipYip
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October 02, 2013, 01:02:06 AM |
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ASIC's for Africa ?
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OBJECT NOT FOUND
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OleOle
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October 02, 2013, 01:09:20 AM |
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Try a hardware overclock. If it burns out in the magical blue smoke, consider it an omen. Then either bin it, or mount it in a small elegant picture frame with the chip side visible under glass, sell on ebay as 'early example of ASIC miner pioneering overclock technology'. ----- Or maybe the correct answer is: buy another 20/40/60/100 block erupters to get a reasonable rate of hashing
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October 02, 2013, 01:16:11 AM |
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Maybe tie it to a balloon also, and let it fly off into the sunset.
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mogrith
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October 02, 2013, 01:38:05 AM |
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this is reminding me of a old sea shanty
What do you do with a block erupter what do you do with a block erupter what do you do with a block erupter
Early in the morning
tie it to a balloon watch it lift up tie it to a balloon watch it lift up tie it to a balloon watch it lift up
Early in the morning
Tie it to a firework, put on youtube Tie it to a firework, put on youtube Tie it to a firework, put on youtube
Early in the morning
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October 02, 2013, 01:52:16 AM |
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this is reminding me of a old sea shanty
What do you do with a block erupter what do you do with a block erupter what do you do with a block erupter
Early in the morning
tie it to a balloon watch it lift up tie it to a balloon watch it lift up tie it to a balloon watch it lift up
Early in the morning
Tie it to a firework, put on youtube Tie it to a firework, put on youtube Tie it to a firework, put on youtube
Early in the morning
Looks like he needs another one to do both things.
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Trongersoll
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October 02, 2013, 01:57:34 AM |
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this is reminding me of a old sea shanty
What do you do with a block erupter what do you do with a block erupter what do you do with a block erupter
Early in the morning
tie it to a balloon watch it lift up tie it to a balloon watch it lift up tie it to a balloon watch it lift up
Early in the morning
Tie it to a firework, put on youtube Tie it to a firework, put on youtube Tie it to a firework, put on youtube
Early in the morning
Looks like he needs another one to do both things. geesh, drunken sailors...
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frankenmint (OP)
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October 02, 2013, 05:46:08 AM |
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Lol . Have enough to do all those tthings like 10x over. I'm thinking about solomining tekcoin something not yet listed...can't use a calculator for parameters...honestly you quote the genesis block all the time guys...its not the grail...mining gets cost prohibitive at 3 bill difficulty as your power to Hash competitivly. Just armchair calculations....then a new lw doff sha256 gets attention...
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greyhawk
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October 02, 2013, 10:03:18 AM |
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Use it to stab a BFL engineer.
Oh, wait. There are no BFL engineers.
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Zeek_W
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October 02, 2013, 11:01:25 AM |
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Use it to stab a BFL engineer.
Oh, wait. There are no BFL engineers.
NO! NOT JODY! lol
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HellDiverUK
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October 02, 2013, 11:04:16 AM |
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Stick them to the back of your bathroom mirror, never have a misted up mirror again.
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October 02, 2013, 09:37:28 PM |
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Give it to me!!!
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mogrith
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October 02, 2013, 09:39:12 PM |
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Use it as a raffle prize at BTC.005 a ticket.
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frankenmint (OP)
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October 02, 2013, 09:53:48 PM |
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Use it as a raffle prize at BTC.005 a ticket.
Thats a lightweight good idea - I'd need to have a ton of ppl interested though (I could see only getting something on the realm of .05 total btc proceeds from raffle)
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October 02, 2013, 09:55:47 PM |
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couple of missing options.
Sell it to someone else.
Plug into USB port but not hash. Use as nightlight.
Night lights kool , fancy green LED lol
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Zeek_W
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October 02, 2013, 11:07:58 PM |
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I just had an idea of putting UV LEDs on my BEs just for fun.
EDIT: Ordered some.
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Xer0
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October 07, 2013, 04:15:42 PM |
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Maybe tie it to a balloon also, and let it fly off into the sunset. big weather balloon that can travel intercontinental and put in some notes how to use and whats bitcoin btw where ist - eBay?
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kuusj98
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October 07, 2013, 05:21:37 PM |
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Use it to stab a BFL engineer.
Oh, wait. There are no BFL engineers.
Haha, sir you are awesome... Anyway, I would let them mine for 2 months and then put em on Ebay for 15$ each so you atleast sell them.
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October 08, 2013, 11:35:17 PM |
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Use it as a raffle prize at BTC.005 a ticket.
Thats a lightweight good idea - I'd need to have a ton of ppl interested though (I could see only getting something on the realm of .05 total btc proceeds from raffle) I'd buy .05 in tickets my self so you might just make more than that...
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October 09, 2013, 09:23:27 AM |
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Use it as a raffle prize at BTC.005 a ticket.
Thats a lightweight good idea - I'd need to have a ton of ppl interested though (I could see only getting something on the realm of .05 total btc proceeds from raffle) With all the luck I usually have, I'd be able to buy a couple of tickets and end up with nothing, so It wouldn't be worth buying them, in the first place... But, even so, it's quite a great raffle! I used to play a game called Street Rod, and some part's I'd try to sell, it said: "I'll take them from your hands for nothing!" I think that "for nothing" is way too bad, since the miner has value and cost you money. But since you wouldn't be able to resell it for a fair price and keep some profit on it (except perhaps on eBay, but that wouldn't be fair for the buyer), I'd advise you on the raffle. I, myself, would buy it for 0.12BTC, shipping included, but that wouldn't be fair to you.
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October 09, 2013, 01:19:14 PM |
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I just had an idea of putting UV LEDs on my BEs just for fun.
EDIT: Ordered some.
Make sure they have shortwave so they can kill bacteria and cause melanoma.
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October 09, 2013, 01:36:04 PM |
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Make a video : 2 girls 1 Block Erupter
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