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Hello guys.
I would appreciate if any of you helps me with step by step giude how to start mining. Im a newbie on mining , and would like to have an explanation simple step by step.
Thank you

Step 1. Go to bitmain.com and get a miner.
Step 2. Get a power supply at the same time or use a computer power supply of 1200 watts.
Step 3. Plug into wall.
Step 4. Setup the network connection (wired) as per unit's instructions.
Step 5. Point your miner to Ck's solo pool.
Step 6. In anywhere from 1 minute to about three years, PROFIT.

Remember, mining is a game of lottery tickets. Each "share" is a ticket. You win if your ticket number is higher than the current difficulty. You could (theoretically) win on the first pull. Or you could never win. It's a game of chance with numbers in the infinity range.

Im planing in the future to buy some antminers to create a small farm. But i wanted to test it with my pc , how it works, just to become more familiar with the process.

If you want to get started with Bitcoin mining, you will need an ASIC based miner. As others have said, CPU/GPU mining of Bitcoin will teach you nothing, except perhaps how to manage frustration, and most pools (at least the good ones I know) will not allow you to mine (they will block you).

Take a look around for GekkoScience Compac or GekkoScience 2pac. They are relatively inexpensive USB based miners that use a Bitmain BM1384 chip. They will not earn you huge amounts of money, but you will learn a little bit about ASIC mining. It's how I got started in ASIC mining.

Compac support thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1173963.0
2pac support thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1764803.0

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_6_12?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gekkoscience+bitcoin+miner&sprefix=gekkoscience%2Caps%2C159&crid=ICRMIMUN5V8Z

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_13?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=gekkoscience+2pac&sprefix=gekkoscience+%2Caps%2C332&crid=1WZR4LV49328O&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Agekkoscience+2pac

If you can wait for a little while, sidehack (the designer of the Compac and 2pac) is working on another BM1384 based miner. sidehack also has other small ASIC miner projects in the works, but nothing is ready yet. For more info check out this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1845307.0

Take the time to read the thread so you are not asking questions that have already been asked and answered.

Good luck, and welcome to the insanity. Grin

Thank you very much. I appreciate your help.