Hey, I was reading this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8405.0 because myself and a few friends were trying to work out if it was feasible. But the post finishes in November 2011, and since I cant post in that section, I want reopen the idea.
Nearly a year and a half later, have things changed? Is it still not possible to do this without losing money? Amazon offer a free tier, where you get limited resources for free each month. If this is possible, and I can only mine a couple of BTC0.0001s per day, its still free money. And the method can be perfected after. I can do it at home, and break even fairly ok, if I limit when I mine to when I'm using the computer anyway, but if I'm not - its not profitable. (I'll explain why in a different post. Its a different topic, for a different day.)
A friend has also told me that Amazon offer some kind of "1yr for free" deal on some kind of server. But he doesnt know the details, and will try to find out for me. But I also know Amazon are not the only cloud server suppliers out there that offer free trials/tiers. Do you know any other providers that I could try?
Finally....Anyone want to help a poor student pay his electricity bill?
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Thanks for ANY help!
Nearly a year and a half later, have things changed? Is it still not possible to do this without losing money? Amazon offer a free tier, where you get limited resources for free each month. If this is possible, and I can only mine a couple of BTC0.0001s per day, its still free money. And the method can be perfected after. I can do it at home, and break even fairly ok, if I limit when I mine to when I'm using the computer anyway, but if I'm not - its not profitable. (I'll explain why in a different post. Its a different topic, for a different day.)
A friend has also told me that Amazon offer some kind of "1yr for free" deal on some kind of server. But he doesnt know the details, and will try to find out for me. But I also know Amazon are not the only cloud server suppliers out there that offer free trials/tiers. Do you know any other providers that I could try?
Finally....Anyone want to help a poor student pay his electricity bill?
(1NWhKc383pff1dsSsAWBnQa1t2w9s7jvgT)Thanks for ANY help!