Quote from: wrxodus on January 03, 2017, 11:57:47 PM

@Zed

Thank you for setting the realistic explanation of what to expect and for the tips! I will definitely start with Bitcoin but will also keep an eye on the other SHA-256 coins to see which one may return a better return.

I've tried most of the sea-256 coins, and had no luck. Probably me, but my S7LN was not reliable on any pool until I pointed it at a P2Pool node. The Compac on the other hand has similar "issues," but eventually get shares accepted at pools.

Quote from: wrxodus on January 03, 2017, 11:57:47 PM

Heh, yeah at first multiple GH sounds good...until I notice that the network is in PH :-O.

check the number of digits in the network hash rate, and I think you will see that you are off by three orders of magnitude. Shocked

The current network rate is ~2.48 EXAhash (10¹⁸).

Quote from: wrxodus on January 03, 2017, 11:57:47 PM

The idea of the "lotto" mining sounds pretty fun :-P GL with the pool, let me know if you'd want some other miners!

Sure. The node is still syncing the blockchain. It's on block 440,750 as I type this, but man is it slow. I'll post when the P2Pool node is "sane."

Lottery mining keeps the lights on. On the miner that is. Grin

Quote from: wrxodus on January 03, 2017, 11:57:47 PM

@spazzdla

Yep, just a hobby....for now. This is pretty much for fun until I can build a good gaming PC, which I will use for mining occasionally. I am kinda nervous about the set-up because I have practically 0 coding experience, but hopefully a friend can help with that. Since the rPI I am proposing comes with an OS, that should help quite a bit.

If you are going to mess around with GPU mining and altcoins (Ethereum, Zcash, etc.) be sure to check out the altcoin sub-boards. There is a ton of info there, and is where I got started. Don't bother trying to mine Bitcoin with a GPU unless you like pain. GPUs don't have enough horsepower compared to an ASIC. Gaming and mining don't necessarily go together, but they can if you do not care about return on investment (ROI). phillipma1957 and eliovp are two people who have a boatload of info and know what they are talking about from my experience. There are others, but you will figure that out when you start reading.

I went down the path of a dedicated single GPU mining rig. I've posted the setup in a few places, and there is a link in my sig to "live" data from it.

As long as it is fun, and you aren't too serious, you'll be OK.

Cheers,

- zed