Would the Raspberry Pi be powerful enough to pool mine anything at all, it doesnt have to be profitable (it's my experiment)?
Hello Fishbones. I experimented with some BTC GPU mining at the end of last year. Now, desktop GPUs are real powerhouses compared to Pi yet to see something appear on the pool balance I had to mine about an hundred hours, it was in the order of ... I think 5 nBTC at the end.
I suggest trying some altcoin. MYR and DGB use the same algos and they're still on a very reasonable difficulty. Granted, you still don't get a profit but at least you don't go crazy on decimals (especially for DGB)... and who knows what the future might hold for them.
Hi,
This was the answer I was looking for. I didn't mean to use a Pi as a controller but to actually use it to mine alone. I know it wouldn't be profitable at all but I would be interested in the results.
I will try some alt coins also.
Thanks everybody for the replies.