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[RentGPU]

in my country mining is becoming illegal
any ideas on how to rebuild my rigs to be hidden or to look like a home pc
thanks

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[Metroid]

in my country mining is becoming illegal
any ideas on how to rebuild my rigs to be hidden or to look like a home pc
thanks

If your isp track websites you are connecting then gameover, the only way is you have to connect somewhere where this is not a known pool ip address of another country and then from there that place in that country will connect you to a mining pool, vpn can do that. There is a name for that,"relay it" i think.

[RentGPU]

in my country mining is becoming illegal
any ideas on how to rebuild my rigs to be hidden or to look like a home pc
thanks

If your isp track websites you are connecting then gameover, the only way is you have to connect somewhere where this is not a known pool ip address of another country and then from there that place in that country will connect you to a mining pool, vpn can do that. There is a name for that,"relay it" i think.

no the isp isn't tracking the websites , i want to hide the hardware

[Metroid]

no the isp isn't tracking the websites , i want to hide the hardware

Maybe going underground? start digging eheh, make sure exhaust fans dont stop because if they do then all will burn hehe.

[skablast]

Some very old and very cheap and very big server is the solution then.
My six gpu rig fit right into one of them if I remove the rig structure.
you will have to do a lot of work, place quite a lot of fans but it works

[EpyxZ]

You could always get a big old electric heater and put them inside. Even thermal would show it as a heater :p

[adaseb]

Do you live in Venezuela ? I heard they are cracking down on mining there because the power is subsidized by the government and they don't want their power used for mining. I don't think this will be easy because these days there are easy ways to find miners.

One way miners get discovered is just by looking at the electrical consumption. Many early miners got visits by cops because their electrical bill went up and the police assumed they were growing weed. Another way is by thermal imaging, usually some helicopters fly around and look for any areas where there is massive heat where it shouldn't be.

[Ceyflix-Rez]

in my country mining is becoming illegal
any ideas on how to rebuild my rigs to be hidden or to look like a home pc
thanks

If it's illegal then I strongly advice against it, why not just buy coins and stake them either on exchanges or in your crypto wallets, you will earn passive income doing so and there won't be any need of buying mining rigs or equipments

[fmz89]

in my country mining is becoming illegal
any ideas on how to rebuild my rigs to be hidden or to look like a home pc
thanks

vpn, build your own electric using turbin if cheaper compared solar, maybe the concerned illegal on mining is to much sucking lot of electric

mining on laptop is doable, how the earth goverment know inside your house if you had rigs in basement,

[swogerino]

I don't know if anyone has bought closed rigs but they exist and they have fitted 6 to 8 GPU-s in there depending on how large this box is.Usually this is the only rightful solution to make a rig look like a home PC,these closed rigs have a form of a bare metal server that stays in 2U(units) racks and it sure looks a lot more as a server computer rather than a mining rig.




In the picture is a good one which looks a lot like a FULL tower home PC or server,in other words like a computer rather than open mining rig.This is with a lot of GPU-s however there are even smaller ones with just 6 GPU-s or less to make it look even better.

[FloridaKid]

I don't know if anyone has bought closed rigs but they exist and they have fitted 6 to 8 GPU-s in there depending on how large this box is.Usually this is the only rightful solution to make a rig look like a home PC,these closed rigs have a form of a bare metal server that stays in 2U(units) racks and it sure looks a lot more as a server computer rather than a mining rig.




In the picture is a good one which looks a lot like a FULL tower home PC or server,in other words like a computer rather than open mining rig.This is with a lot of GPU-s however there are even smaller ones with just 6 GPU-s or less to make it look even better.

Only a blind person won't know that this is a mining rig and tracking down miners in such country must be so mean that they must be familiar with what mining rigs looks like, a non mining rig will consist of only one GPU and you can easily say it's for video editing or gaming but more than that will give you away

[JayDDee]

If they'e banging down your door looking for mining equipment they already know it's there,
either from electricity use, thermal imaging, or a tip. It won't matter what your rigs look like.

[mindrust]

in my country mining is becoming illegal
any ideas on how to rebuild my rigs to be hidden or to look like a home pc
thanks

What is the punishment if you get caught? If it is jail time or worse then don't bother. If somebody reports you, you'll have a hard time. It is not worth it. Find yourself a different job/hobby or invest in staking coins if you need dividends so badly. So don't have to be a miner. Do something else. You can sell the equipment and buy&hold coins instead. Most of the time it is a better idea.

[HashingTower]

in my country mining is becoming illegal
any ideas on how to rebuild my rigs to be hidden or to look like a home pc
thanks

Mining isn't the only way to make money, instead of buying graphic cards or mining rigs it's better to use your money on launchpads or consider DeFI stakings, I'm just trying to safe you from getting arrested, one proof of mining is enough to get prosecuted

[Hispo]

Do you live in Venezuela ? I heard they are cracking down on mining there because the power is subsidized by the government and they don't want their power used for mining. I don't think this will be easy because these days there are easy ways to find miners.

One way miners get discovered is just by looking at the electrical consumption. Many early miners got visits by cops because their electrical bill went up and the police assumed they were growing weed. Another way is by thermal imaging, usually some helicopters fly around and look for any areas where there is massive heat where it shouldn't be.

As Venezuelan allow me to correct you.
Mining and criptocurrency is legal here, however miners are supposed to participate in a centralized pool opened by the government and get registered as miner to get a license.

Many miners do not like this, so they stealth mine at the risk of getting caught and losing their ASICs and getting a big fine.
Usually, un-registered miners here are caught by informants or by giving a look to the electricy consumption. Government here do not have neither the logictics nor the will to use thermal imaging from a flying helicopter to catch miners.

And you are right, electricity is basically free here and mostly green, about 70%-80% comes from hydrological powered generators.

In 2015, the total of electricity production reaches 117 TWh, of which 64% comes from hydro, 19% from gas and 17% from oil. Losses however are uncommonly high, reaching 34% of production.

Hydroelectricity production is concentrated on the Caroní River in Guayana Region. Today it has 4 different dams. The largest hydroplant is the Guri dam with 10,200 MW of installed capacity, which makes it the third-largest hydroelectric plant in the world.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Venezuela

It is also well-known that confiscated ASIC are used to mine within military bases for the goverment to have at their disposal, probably to pay Iran for some products

Any other questions you may have about this lovely place, go ahead and ask.  

[RentGPU]

as an answer if i get caught it will be jail time for 1-3 years
they don't do helicopters or thermal imaging just someone reports me , so i just want to hide if someone reports me and they get on my door they can't find them or they find just a normal pc

[RentGPU]

i am a small scale miner all i have is just 16 gtx 1060 3g mining from 5 years

[kyle15]

Hide it in furnace plenum duct and vent out a clothes dryer discharge.

[mindrust]

as an answer if i get caught it will be jail time for 1-3 years
they don't do helicopters or thermal imaging just someone reports me , so i just want to hide if someone reports me and they get on my door they can't find them or they find just a normal pc

Sounds risky. I wouldn't mine under these circumstances. Is it a life & death situation for you? Are you going to starve to death if you don't mine crypto? If the answer is "no", then there is no reason for you to continue mining. You'll never know who is going to report you. It might be even someone very close to you. Why risk it?

[Ramsete2]

Risking to go to prison for 16 gtx 1060?
This is a nonsense for me...

Sell the cards and buy crytpo if you want to stay in this business.