So I've got a question for you guys.
I'm currently drawing up a business plan for an absurd amount of miners. I might aim for a state in the US with super cheap electric (looking at you Washington), supplemented with either one VERY large wind turbine (1MWh, which i believe is about a million dollars, at least it was when i was working in solar in 2010)
Would the pool be open to having a silly amount of hash rate added to it, or is it kind of in a sweet spot right now where say 50-70PH would hurt the pools share to solve ratio?
Depends on what you think a silly amount of hash is! A kilo? Jk, actually kano has stated that he'd let the pool grow to a max of 10% of total network, which is 250,000 THS approx.I'm currently drawing up a business plan for an absurd amount of miners. I might aim for a state in the US with super cheap electric (looking at you Washington), supplemented with either one VERY large wind turbine (1MWh, which i believe is about a million dollars, at least it was when i was working in solar in 2010)
Would the pool be open to having a silly amount of hash rate added to it, or is it kind of in a sweet spot right now where say 50-70PH would hurt the pools share to solve ratio?
How silly can you get?
If this guys got the money i think he does, pretty goddamn silly. I'd be targeting a renewable friendly state that the SREC market (solar renewable energy credits) isn't already dead (like cali and jersey). That state also has to have low electric costs (looking for 10 cents).
1 MWh either wind (1.2 million, just checked) or a warehouse with enough roof, or a field with enough space for 1 MHw of solar panels (also about a million dollars) would be ideal. I'd only be paying for power during the night (with solar) or when the wind is crap (with wind power). I could also oversize the solar so that with batteries (now we're talking 1.3 to 1.5 million) i could basically run 50 PH without giving the power company a dime.
*edit* : I think with the firesale bitmain has going on right now i could supplement the cost of renewables in saving money on the PH's alone