First off, Welcome to the Martix, you have taken the red pill. Your eyes are now open. LOL
Here is your to do list.1) Forget about alt coin its how newbies lose BTC.
2) Read as much as you can everyday here on the forum for about 30-60 minutes a day, and post your comments. Do this for at least 30 days, while you work on doing mining.
3) Open up a separate back account.
4) Open up a Coinbase account and tie your new account to Coinbase. Buy and sell BTC here also a wallet.
5) Open up a Blockchain account. Also a wallet. Add the app to your phone.
6) Best place to buy a miner is from Bitmaintech.com.
3 S1 units per 15 amp outlet will work fine, 1 S2 unit per 15 amp outlet will work fine.7) Join a pool so you can receive BTC everyday: Here is an example of the Eligius pool:
http://eligius.st/~wizkid057/newstats/userstats.php/1FxgoGs1VX1fSN6t9JNnqcLL5vu8PgpiyMHere is a nice simple Bitcoin Mining Calculator:
http://www.alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculatorHere is a nice simple Simple Bitcoin Converter:
http://preev.com/Help others get into Bitcoin.
Enjoy.
Rob
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Hi rob thank you for your reply!!
As for the mining rig would them miners work on RPi?
As for mining once connected to the mining pool does it set which coin to mine it self or would I need to program it to mine a certain coin?
Are there any online video tutorials on connecting the RPi to the pool as I believe their is a software I need to put on the SD card and find the IP address to put onto the pool.
As for hardware besides the miners you said and the "brain" RPi is there anything else I would need?
How much could you earn on a basic BTC rig? Without taking the cost of electricity to hand.
Once the BTC reward is earned it's best to keep it as the rising BTC coin value is giving a better return than most trading between coins