alpha_lord
TL;DR That is scary! That looks too good to be true. The reward would be huge; but if it bricks the device, the loss will be huge. I would only try if I were absolutely comfortable bricking the device. Even if the…
You are correct that GPUs are absolutely not suitable for mining bitcoin. What he is suggesting is to mine [whatever GPU minable crypto] and convert [that crypto] to BTC, e.g. using nicehash. I chose the word "crypto"…
The deeper questions are: What is your budget? How much risk are you comfortable with? What is your technical expertise? Who can you rely on for the expertise you don't have? The research and budgeting phases should…
- S19 Damage from Water and SnowDec 15, 2021
First about venting: If you are talking about anything resembling the unit on a table exhausting its hot air toward an opened window, the unit will wither be too close, too far or both, depending on the weather. There…
- Mining Without Internet AccessMay 6, 2017
I do understand that mining requires node to communicate. I am talking about communication without internet, not "absence" of a communication link. I used the word "offline" at the end referring specifically to internet…
- Mining Without Internet AccessMay 3, 2017
Thinking about mining Bitcoin without being connected to the internet: here's the deal. BlockStream satellite has got some potential for syncing a node since it broadcasts blocks and transactions. Sure, it’s kinda…