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Board Mining speculation
Re: Usb miners that pay more than they consume in power
by
ezeminer
on 23/12/2015, 18:03:36 UTC
USB miners is like the dumbest decision you'll ever make... They profit you literally nothing, especially with the difficulty rising quickly.

So you buy a stick from sidehack or  a reseller  cost in the USA 30-40 dollars.

Just 1  your point it at this pool

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1283990.0

if we hit a block you get .24- .25 btc

if you are running a pc 24/7  the extra power is  5 watts  about 4 kwatts a month about 50 kwatts  a year.

at 12 cents a kwatt 6 dollars   so for 1 year maybe 45 dollars and  2 years 51 dollars.

the chances are we will hit a block if we play for 2 years.

Exactly what Phil said.


This was the website I used to setup my usb miners.
http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-raspberry-pi-bitcoin-miner--cms-20353

The only thing you need is a USB hub that will deliver enough power per port, unless you have a hub that you are using half the ports.
Something like this might give you enough power, but is pricey. amazon.com USB hub