Hey everyone,
I’m trying to find out if anyone here has experience with BTC mining using a Raspberry Pi along with GekkoScience’s USB miner.
I’m thinking about setting something up myself, so I've got a few questions:
- Which one’s better:
a) Raspberry Pi 4B with 4GB or 8GB RAM
b) The new Raspberry Pi 5 with 4GB or 8GB RAM
Does it really matter which Raspberry Pi I go for, or is it more about the USB miner?
- What’s the ROI look like?
Let’s say I grab a Pi 5 (around 100 euros), a USB hub, a solar panel, and four of those USB miners (each about 200 euros).
- How long do these USB miners last? I can’t drop all the cash for four at once, but I could get one a month. I just don’t wanna end up in a situation where upgrading means replacing my setup because the last one failed.
- What kind of cooling setup would you suggest? Are there any Raspberry Pi cases suitable for outdoor use since I’d be running it on solar power?
- What’s the best approach to make this work?
Appreciate any insights!
dissi
RAM matters little when mining on pool. But some people report Pi 5 has more stable power supply/voltage.
Nobody knows since you don't mention your electricity rate and which GekkoScience you plan to buy (along with it's price).
Thanks for your answer yes i know, i gave little details. But now i've changed my plan a bit. Instead of the raspberry pi i would use a Gekkoscience Smarthub - 11 Ports with 9 usb just attached. For electricity i would buy a solarpanel with batterie (costs about 1.700 at leats what i found)
With this usb hub i would get around 2,6 tb/h. Since i'm new to this, is this a good bandwith? And how much would be the roi?
Um how about reading the existing thread about it? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5355470.0
That thread will have ALL the answers you need....
Here's very rough calculation,
Total initial cost: $3650
Gekkoscience Smarthub - 11 Ports With 9 Compac F and 9 fans 2.6 TH/s - $1800.
ALLPOWERS S2000 - 1700 or about $1850.
Using https://buybitcoinworldwide.com/mining/calculator/ which consider rising difficulty, it state you can obtain $247/year. But it doesn't consider halving on next month, so you probably can obtain $123.5/year. At this point, i believe it's safe to assume ROI will never happen. And if you're willing to spend $3.6K in first place, you might as well as buy regular-sized ASIC (e.g. S21).