Difference between "finding" and "solving" a block?

[maxman190]

I've been trying to get my grip on this whole bitcoin thing, people said if you FIND a block you get 25BTC + fee, but people said you need to solve a block in order to get BTC. This is about solo mining, not pool mining. I want to solo mine bitcoin for fun, not for profit. If I do "find" a block, would I need to "solve" it to get the 25BTC?

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[bitcoin_UK]

There's not a great deal of fun to be had with mining my friend, especially when it's not profitable! If you're serious about mining then you will need very expensive equipment and be prepared not to see a return, this is the harsh reality of mining today. I wish you the best of luck though, you can pick up some cheap second hand mining hardware in the auction section.

[freebit13]

There's not a great deal of fun to be had with mining my friend, especially when it's not profitable! If you're serious about mining then you will need very expensive equipment and be prepared not to see a return, this is the harsh reality of mining today. I wish you the best of luck though, you can pick up some cheap second hand mining hardware in the auction section.

Who said fun and profitability had anything to do with each other... if you only look for your fun in profitable things then, no offense, but I feel sorry for you...

Maxman: if you find/solve a block while solo mining you will get 25BTC, but only with solo mining, I don't think there's a difference in the meaning.

Solo mining can take a long time to find a block though, depending on how many hashes you have (and luck etc.), but as you're doing it for fun I don't think solo mining is worth it on a small budget. You could always use p2pool which is as close as you'll get to solo mining with regular enough payouts, so give that a look.

Hope you enjoy mining if you do join

[Trongersoll]

there is no difference, both words mean the same thing.

[curt.rowland]

There's not a great deal of fun to be had with mining my friend, especially when it's not profitable! If you're serious about mining then you will need very expensive equipment and be prepared not to see a return, this is the harsh reality of mining today. I wish you the best of luck though, you can pick up some cheap second hand mining hardware in the auction section.

you should not tell people what is fun and what is not. I'm mining at a loss and am enjoying learning the technology.

[eleuthria]

There's not a great deal of fun to be had with mining my friend, especially when it's not profitable! If you're serious about mining then you will need very expensive equipment and be prepared not to see a return, this is the harsh reality of mining today. I wish you the best of luck though, you can pick up some cheap second hand mining hardware in the auction section.

you should not tell people what is fun and what is not. I'm mining at a loss and am enjoying learning the technology.

Some people don't understand the bits of joy a computer geek gets when playing with hardware.  Number porn is awesome!

[Soomple_Pompler]

Some people don't understand the bits of joy a computer geek gets when playing with hardware.  Number porn is awesome!

^^ This.. I was able to add golang as a proficiency while learning about mining.  The cost of my hardware was less than a few credits tuition.  While I hope to eventually turn a profit (who wouldn't) there are other advantages to learning and setting up a mining rig right now; chiefly keeping the system from centralizing itself around the major data centers being built just to mine coin and the promotion of diy home, renewable energy innovation & application.

[iglasses]

There's not a great deal of fun to be had with mining my friend, especially when it's not profitable! If you're serious about mining then you will need very expensive equipment and be prepared not to see a return, this is the harsh reality of mining today. I wish you the best of luck though, you can pick up some cheap second hand mining hardware in the auction section.

This is. It even remotely close to being responsive to the person's question.
WTF is this supposed to be?

[Rias]

There's not a great deal of fun to be had with mining my friend, especially when it's not profitable! If you're serious about mining then you will need very expensive equipment and be prepared not to see a return, this is the harsh reality of mining today. I wish you the best of luck though, you can pick up some cheap second hand mining hardware in the auction section.

you should not tell people what is fun and what is not. I'm mining at a loss and am enjoying learning the technology.

Some people don't understand the bits of joy a computer geek gets when playing with hardware.  Number porn is awesome!

Agreed
Especially when you begin your mining history with a simple CPU. You're watching your machine solving some random functions and getting a little money for that - awesome!
When you acquire a better rig and it's starting to get more faster it's becoming more interesting etc etc

[dbell]

Solving a block = Finding a Block

Something like this

https://i.imgur.com/lrIIgZD.png

[Sonny]

Just as the above persons mentioned, the two words are just the same.

Some people don't understand the bits of joy a computer geek gets when playing with hardware.  Number porn is awesome!

lol.
I always wonder why eleuthria doesn't need to sleep at all.
And now I know he have been having 24/7 orgasm with number porn.