Thanks Wh00per. Mind sharing what software you are using to get your charting and statistics from for that graph? I got everything up and running on Friday and it has been running smooth so far since Friday but I would like to monitor the input / output and other factors like you have in that graph.

Sweet !!!!!! Payment sent. 

Awesome !!!! Would it be possible to order a 36 x 24 of print #3 and have you change the background color to lime green to contrast the wall color in my office? Also if possible i would like to pay in bitcoin for this one.

Likely story, But if that's the case than your the only two people out of hundreds who got paid.

99% certain these are shill accounts trying to prolong the scam.

Faucet owners be ware, do not deposit to microwallet, neither you nor your patrons will get the bitcoin back.

34 days with no payment. His wallets are dry. Time to start a scam thread.

first.... you need to mine 24/7..mining equipment should be turned on and left on...repeated heating and cooling is not good...when do light bulbs burn out..?...also pools like a constant hashing rate for a constant payout....how will you turn on everything when the wind blows...   second... what type of battery's did you buy... size, type, capacity. .....what is the power usage of an S5...  3rd..How much money have you spent in this wind generator and did you buy it exclusively to mine bitcoins....

With that many batterys... you should have looked into a 24v setup...or higher..
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Thanks, i really think your missing the details or really have no clue as to 12v systems. I have a PC pulling 850 watts pretty much non stop going off one of the very same wind turbines that has shut off maybe twice in the past month. I have a steady enough flow of wind to keep the turbine going enough to keep the batteries fully charged.  I have no worries about a 600 Watt appliance turning off and on every 10 minutes.


The question was about methodologies of bypassing the inverter system to run direct 12v with a voltage regulator not about installing a wind turbine system which i  have done many times.

I ordered a dozen batteries because i got a good deal at 12 if i ordered that many, i dont have to use them all.

I do not want to grid tie the system as i want it to only mine when the wind blows.

The reason i was asking if anybody had any ideas as to bypassing the inverter so i could go straight 12 v from the batteries with a voltage regulator was to avoid converting dc to ac then back to dc again.

The plan is to set up an S5 so it mines only when it has power from the wind, turn off when the power is gone. To have Bitcoins mined literally from the wind and wind only. Just to say i did it.

Thanks for the tips, i haven't looked into the SP20 as the S5 seemed to meet the draw requirements for what i was thinking so i ordered one. I guess i'll make a build thread and maybe make some video once i get it up and going and maybe track the stats for a month just to share how much money i blew and will never get back, lol. all in the name of tinkering.

Could you in theory run an antminer S5 direct from a 12 volt battery bank if you had a voltage regulator in between to ensure no voltage spikes? What problems do you forsee? Any workarounds on those problems?


A little about why.

I like to tinker, i knew since last week when i got into it that bitcoin was never going to be a money maker or an investment for me. But that does not stop me from blowing a little money on trying to tinker with things involving bitcoin.

I have recently ordered ONE OF THESE 800 WATTERS from ebay. I picked up a 12V 65 Amp 750 Watt charge controller, a dozen batteries, all the cables. some PCIE cables, and just incase i cant figure a way to direct wire without the PSU in the middle, a 1,000 watt inverter and Gold PSU.

90% of the year i have a steady 6-10 MPH wind 12-16 hours a day in my back yard. I intend to set up a "mine when the wind blows" little rig that converts wind into bitcoin, BEFORE ALL OF YOU START IN, i am well aware that i will never in my lifetime recover the cost of the investment i made alone by running 1 miner when the wind blows. This is simply a tinker fart around project. Last year i made a wind powered desktop PC that seeds movies to the P2P network when the wind blows and it runs smooth 6-12 hours a day without problems. I also make no money from that either.

I am pretty sure they all have. I've only been here a few days, but in my short time browsing trying to figure out what this "bitcoin" everyone keeps talking about on the TV is all about all i have found is that there are a lot of broke kids here trying to scam, and a bunch of angry people who seem to have been scammed at one point or another.

Anyways. Message me when you release the other 3 prints. I might want to pick some up for gifts or one for my garage if you ever do something like a 4' x 8'

Awesome Work !!!!!!

I just ordered 2 copies of print #1, One for my dining room and one for my office. I dont know of any bitcoin charities so i don't have a vote to give.

Awesome thanks guys, that was what i was looking for, i thought i would be able to find it all on the forum as thats where google kept leading me. That coindesk site seems to be the "in the know" site for all things bitcoin. a million thanks for that link.

A special agent with the US Secret Service (USSS) is speaking out against bitcoin and digital currency technology on the grounds that criminal activity is its most compelling use case.

Taking place during a talk at the 17th annual OpRisk North America conference, USSS agent Tate Jarrow suggested that without digital currencies, "cybercrime would be much more difficult", according to report by Buy-Side Technology.

The magazine reports Jarrow "did not hold back" his opinion at the conference, alleging that the majority of digital currency activity is generated by criminals.

Jarrow asserted:

    "They want to use anonymous currency that allows them to do transactions, move large amounts of money, without ever being traced. That's why digital currency is very important. It's used for all this bad stuff."

In his talks, Jarrow highlighted past examples of illicit services enabled by digital currency, including the now-defunct payment processor Liberty Reserve and black market Silk Road, which he alleged could not have been enabled by companies like PayPal.

"Digital currency exists because people want to be outside that system," he added.

Jarrow was awarded the Secretary's Exceptional Service Award, which honors exceptional leadership or service that improves US homeland security, in 2014.


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Hey Thanks for the link !!!!!

So from what i gathered from that thread was.....

Dont trust people
Dont trust paypal
Dont use bitcoin
Dont keep your wallet on a computer that is online

&

Tysat either has a great sense of humor or is very sarcastic.


On the up side, i found that there is a newbie section so maybe i can get more info there. Thanks for that, i couldn't find a newbie section to start with.

I didnt see an introductions section or a new members section so i figured meta would have to do.

I'm new here, obviously. New to bitcoin, and just getting started learning.

Was hoping someone could give me the short version about this bitcoin stuff. I tried browsing the forums but everything seems to be just one garbled mess of randomness and to be honest its a bit painful to read anything useful as far as discussion goes as most of the things that would be useful have 20+ pages of posts filled with little to no relevant info and its painful to try and sort through.

So how's about it. Someone want to give me the short version on things i should know just starting out?