Instead of building USB Miners why won't you build something like this.
Put the most chips you can on one board, since its lower power it probably won't start a fire like the Prisma. I can see it running at 5-6Th/s and using only 1000Watts.
Put the most chips you can on one board, since its lower power it probably won't start a fire like the Prisma. I can see it running at 5-6Th/s and using only 1000Watts.
Here is why. If you have a set of 3 or 6 usb sticks mining balanced on 3 or 4 pools you earn some btc with the standard pools and have a chance at a solo pool. If they can dial down to very low watt/gh it is possible to do a positive roi in a years time. and of course it gives you a shot at hitting the solo pool block. All this for very little out of pocket cash.
The middle sized boards also allow for this.
The real key is to get a wide range in watts per gh. say .6 on the high end and hopefully .3 on the low end.
It allows for longer life on the gear. say 1 year or 18 months.
