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Quote from: LouTong on November 30, 2024, 07:20:40 PM

Hey guys. Have several mini PC's mostly 6 to 8 core Ryzen 7's with extra 1tb sata drives installed. What the best use currently to earn something extra while they are online? TIA!

I think you want to use them for mining, right? if that is so, it's not an ideal thing to use them. They're small and mini and mining requires continuous process and running of software in the behind and that's why that's not an ideal thing to use for them. CPU mining or HDD mining, you're likely just to lessen the span of its life upon doing so. Some airdrops like grass, allows you to install their extension on your browser and you can just leave it there as long as it's connected to the internet. They're "bandwidth mining" as they say but I am not doing it.

The specification of the mini PC is used for mining then it's not possible and I don't think it will be powerful, and it's not ideal for mining anymore.
The OP asked about how to make extra money, then if he is familiar with crypto then he can rely on airdrops to make extra income, many people do this instead of mining.
Although in airdrops it is not certain when the results will be, the important thing is to be consistent in chasing airdrops.

There are powerful mini PCs today and the developers are really making it look good so that there will be a transition of the traditional PC setup into mini PC. But even with that, we both agree that they're not for mining, they're not just ideal for that because they've been built differently and for a different purpose.

Quote from: LouTong on Today at 12:18:45 AM

Thanks for the suggestions. Good one about asking mining community, I may try that. Yes, I realize what mining entails with asics or gpu's. Obviously outside of the scope of mini's.

There are some different possibilities. Like the suggestion about grass. Anybody doing it that can say what it earns? I understand too that these things are likely to make pennies a day and not a living wage. Just looking to maximize thing's I already pay for like my connection.

I haven't earned it and I am not doing it but those that I have seen that have "mined" grass through their browser were happy. The season 2 is in there and they're giving another phase for the airdrop that have become successful. There's no specifics on how much you can earn there per day, week, a month.