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Re: US DOJ Calls Bitcoin Mixing ‘a Crime’ in Arrest of Software Developer
seriously tho, what legit reason do you need a mixer for if its not to "illegally" hide the origin of the bitcoin you are mixing?
whether it was obtained legally or not, the act of hiding it is illegal.
whether it was obtained legally or not, the act of hiding it is illegal.
Re: SEGWIT LTC.TBDICE.ORG 0.5% fee SOLO MM LTC/DGE POOL 3K+ LTC/7K+ DGE blks solved
i believe this because the pool was restarted recently, who knows what changes was made.
we all know the pool op has been MIA and his last few posts was suggesting he was hacked and was kind of angry about it.
im wondering if the pool was also hacked.
we all know the pool op has been MIA and his last few posts was suggesting he was hacked and was kind of angry about it.
im wondering if the pool was also hacked.
Re: SEGWIT LTC.TBDICE.ORG 0.5% fee SOLO MM LTC/DGE POOL 3K+ LTC/7K+ DGE blks solved
you can see who got the doge payouts.
you can also see 3 went to the proper address and 1 didnt.
id check the miner to make sure the address is correct, because it probably isnt. if you have more than one miner and use the same address for each one, its not going to tell one when one is not right. to be honest if it was me id use a different address for every miner. just so you know
you can also see 3 went to the proper address and 1 didnt.
id check the miner to make sure the address is correct, because it probably isnt. if you have more than one miner and use the same address for each one, its not going to tell one when one is not right. to be honest if it was me id use a different address for every miner. just so you know
not sure if its the OPs guy, but didnt att just get sued and the guy won against losing bitcoin with a sim swap?
i know for a fact, my carrier, makes you go in a store and show id and have a code that the CS guy gives you to get a new sim.. its sort of a PITA, but i understand why.
i know for a fact, my carrier, makes you go in a store and show id and have a code that the CS guy gives you to get a new sim.. its sort of a PITA, but i understand why.
Re: I've come full circle, BTC is the only worthwhile cryptocurrency
After 4+ years in the space and countless hours of research, it is becoming increasingly apparent that BTC is the only worthwhile project. Also by the thread title, you can probably tell its not my first rodeo.
Some of my strongest reasoning is specified below, it is by no means comprehensive. While I may have typed the below with conviction, I am openminded to other views (my wallet compels me so) - please put forth your opposing views.
Some of my strongest reasoning is specified below, it is by no means comprehensive. While I may have typed the below with conviction, I am openminded to other views (my wallet compels me so) - please put forth your opposing views.
- PoW is the only true Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus mechanism. PoS is not BFT at this point in time and I do not see how it gets there. At the end of the day, under PoS and the many other consensus mechanisms, one needs to trust a third party to relay them the correct data and that is assuming that one can be certain that the delegated node holds the majority of the voting power this is not trustless and re-introduces third parties.
With PoW, I can verify the hashes and the longest chain is the correct one.
Correct is a subjective term,
what you can verify with PoW is which Chain is the longest chain with the highest hashrate.
Now prepared to be shocked,
With PoS, you can verify the longest chain with the most coins and highest difficulty.
Because all you are doing is comparing chains.
The longest chain in a PoW has the most 'work' commited to it. Changing a block in the past will require all subsequent blocks to be somehow remined at huge energy costs - the earlier the block, the higher the energy cost. This is simply not the case with POS as you are effectively told what the longest chain is.
By extension POW has much better immutability which is perhaps the most important feature of any decentralised ledger technology.
if you are thinking about bitcoin being secure tho 2/3rds of the mining pools are backed by china and basically the same. if they really wanted to, they could fork bitcoin and NOBODY can do anything about it short of the core devs writing a patch to put it back..
i personally think that allowing mining pools has hurt bitcoin.. all its done is grouped together the miners and forced them to join a pool to get any earnings. as everyone talks about how decentralized bitcoin is..
Re: I've come full circle, BTC is the only worthwhile cryptocurrency
I perceive BTC as the only currency that you can really devote your time to.
but why?
bitcoin is not currency its property.. its really not much more than buying an expensive watch or whatever and hoping in a few years it will be worth more than it is now..
But it IS money. Anyone can use it as a medium of exchange too.
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i used to think wow bitcoin is so great it has so much potential, but seriously everything you can do with bitcoin, you can do without it.
Can you buy drugs from the dark markets with your PayPal?
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now, blockchain tech is great.. it has great potential.. it doesnt have to be currency, or have any monetary value at all for it to work.
Are you trolling? Because I believe either that, or you don't actually understand how the Bitcoin incentive structure works.
i think you are trolling.. bitcoin is not money..
also the fact that most exchanges are banning US customers and the ones that stay available are shady has a lot to say about bitcoins future..
if buying drugs is bitcoins main feature, then its doomed.
and no i do believe that blockchain tech does not need to have any monetary value to work..
Re: I've come full circle, BTC is the only worthwhile cryptocurrency
I perceive BTC as the only currency that you can really devote your time to.
but why?
bitcoin is not currency its property.. its really not much more than buying an expensive watch or whatever and hoping in a few years it will be worth more than it is now..
i used to think wow bitcoin is so great it has so much potential, but seriously everything you can do with bitcoin, you can do without it.
now, blockchain tech is great.. it has great potential.. it doesnt have to be currency, or have any monetary value at all for it to work.
Re: I've come full circle, BTC is the only worthwhile cryptocurrency
ive sort of came full circle the other way.
i feel that bitcoin has to be replaced with something for it to be a worthwhile currency.
i feel that too many are currently in circulation and being held by too few and it inhibits its use as a money currency and it promotes holding for profits. which is not what bitcoin is about.. its about being a semi anonymous payment method that is immune to charge backs.
im all for the whole be your own bank and being decentralized.. but its not going to work. ordinary people will never adopt it.
its too easy to steal and be scammed, its too easy to lose your key or password and its too complicated.
if a bank like chase made a coin, and it was backed by banks so you could go online and transfer some to a wallet and use it to buy things online, and also the government didnt try to hose you on taxes.. then i could see that being adopted as a currency. but then i think the banks like things the way they are.
until then, hold until you are rich.. :/
i feel that bitcoin has to be replaced with something for it to be a worthwhile currency.
i feel that too many are currently in circulation and being held by too few and it inhibits its use as a money currency and it promotes holding for profits. which is not what bitcoin is about.. its about being a semi anonymous payment method that is immune to charge backs.
im all for the whole be your own bank and being decentralized.. but its not going to work. ordinary people will never adopt it.
its too easy to steal and be scammed, its too easy to lose your key or password and its too complicated.
if a bank like chase made a coin, and it was backed by banks so you could go online and transfer some to a wallet and use it to buy things online, and also the government didnt try to hose you on taxes.. then i could see that being adopted as a currency. but then i think the banks like things the way they are.
until then, hold until you are rich.. :/
Re: Official FutureBit Moonlander 2 Driver and Support Thread
First Time poster.
Just got my first moonlander 2 to mess around with and have run into a problem I can't seem to get around
Failed to sanity check in lowl-vcom.c windows_usb_get_string():508 is the error that keeps popping up.
any thoughts?
Just got my first moonlander 2 to mess around with and have run into a problem I can't seem to get around
Failed to sanity check in lowl-vcom.c windows_usb_get_string():508 is the error that keeps popping up.
any thoughts?
Sounds like some windows/usb driver incompatibility...what version of windows are you running, and are you using the latest silicon labs USB driver?
I am running windows ten and have reloaded the drivers. I actually had it working for about a day or so but then it started happening again. Any thoughts?
sorry to say but ive had so many issues with mine..
windows 10 is not happy with the way they communicate through usb.
just get a cheap raspberry pi and use that with minera.. then have it reboot every few hours and they restart automatically..
Gotcha, no real experience with raspberry pi. Can you point me in a direction for research/purchase advice, thanks for the help.
mine is a really old one, but you can get the whole kit on amazon for pretty cheap.
i know they sell them at frys, and maybe microcenter.
Re: SEGWIT LTC.TBDICE.ORG 0.5% fee SOLO MM LTC/DGE POOL 3K+ LTC/7K+ DGE blks solved
The account LTC has not been touched in forever. If they are still around they are not using the LTC. Hey, i'd like my 25 LTC for sure and a buddy would like his 50. Hopefully eventually but i'm not holding my breath.
He's around. He last logged in here in September. It's impossible for him not to know what's going on as well. I know there's less than a 1% chance he'll do the right thing here, but I'm still holding a little hope. Not only am I disabled now, X-mas is coming up and I have 2 little girls. The block I mined almost a year ago would go a long way for helping pay some bills and get them toys/clothes.
I'm hoping he has a heart and does the right thing still. 1 LTC to him if he does.
he did mention awhile back his account was hacked.. perhaps the hacker stole the email for the website and he no longer has access to anything?
many things could have happened.. legal troubles, an accident, health problems.. it might not be something intentional.
he hasnt even touched the payout address since 4/2018, he might not even have access to that key?
not saying he shouldn't be responsible, he could simply post an explanation, but im guessing as soon as the hosting runs out this site will disappear.
Re: Official FutureBit Moonlander 2 Driver and Support Thread
First Time poster.
Just got my first moonlander 2 to mess around with and have run into a problem I can't seem to get around
Failed to sanity check in lowl-vcom.c windows_usb_get_string():508 is the error that keeps popping up.
any thoughts?
Just got my first moonlander 2 to mess around with and have run into a problem I can't seem to get around
Failed to sanity check in lowl-vcom.c windows_usb_get_string():508 is the error that keeps popping up.
any thoughts?
Sounds like some windows/usb driver incompatibility...what version of windows are you running, and are you using the latest silicon labs USB driver?
I am running windows ten and have reloaded the drivers. I actually had it working for about a day or so but then it started happening again. Any thoughts?
sorry to say but ive had so many issues with mine..
windows 10 is not happy with the way they communicate through usb.
just get a cheap raspberry pi and use that with minera.. then have it reboot every few hours and they restart automatically..
Re: Launching the Antminer L3+, World's Most Powerful and Efficient Litecoin Miner
No. Its 650W at 500mh :> or 550W@500mh if You have hardware mod
What kind of 'hardware mod' are you talking about?
TIA
Yes please elaborate on the hardware mod for lower wattage as never heard of this option before and willing to play around with a unit and try it out?
Cheers
im guessing he took off the circuit responsible for the software voltage adjustment and added an adjustable resistor that goes to a lower value.
Re: Launching the Antminer L3+, World's Most Powerful and Efficient Litecoin Miner
The current state of the Bitmain L3+ in the current ASIC and CRYPTO Universe.
Now
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9/27/19 from www.litecoinpool.org/calc a free LTC mining pool that has NO fee and pays out at 103%.
At 500mh and 800 watts at 10c kWh and at the current price of $55 per LTC. (This would be a bit better if you underclocked the L3+ units).
Comes to: (see below) NEGATIVE -$37.90 LOSS per month per L3+.
24 hours 0.01194157 LTC 0.66 USD 1.92 USD -1.26 USD
7 days 0.08359097 LTC 4.60 USD 13.44 USD -8.84 USD
30 days 0.35824702 LTC 19.70 USD 57.60 USD -37.90 USD
Future
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Again, using www.litecoinpool.org/calc as a guide. (Feel free to put in your own numbers on this calculator for LTC price/electric/underclock or whatever).
To make a profit using the same info as above and current difficulty and adjusting the price to that you at least break even would require
that LTC be at $161.00 LTC price. (Also remember if at that price difficulty would also go up likely with all L3+'s turned back on...but I'm using the same difficulty as today)
Again, 500mh 800 watts at 10c kWh at the current price of $161 per LTC. (This again would be better if you managed to underclock the L3+ units).
Comes to: (see below) POSITIVE 8c profit GAIN per month per L3+.
Expected Rewards Costs Net Profit
24 hours 0.01194157 LTC 1.92 USD 1.92 USD 0.00 USD
7 days 0.08359097 LTC 13.46 USD 13.44 USD 0.02 USD
30 days 0.35824702 LTC 57.68 USD 57.60 USD 0.08 USD
So from what I can tell you'd need $200 LTC almost immediately to even turn the L3+ units back on, due to the increase in hash-rate of everyone turning these
L3+ beasties back on. (Including my stuff).
So basically we are utterly screwed. And 'triply" so at $55 LTC prices. The boat has sunk. We need 3x the current price to basically make about 8c per L3+ per month!
All L3+'s have sunk. They, also are about IMHO 65% to75% of all scrypt-pow miners in the world, from what I can tell from Bitmain.
Complete and utter, as they say, 'miner capitulation' indeed. As an aside, this is pretty much the same issue as far as percentage of miners and price for Bitmain BTC miners the S9's.
So use your miners for 'nice' ASIC 'shelf art', in that as of now, that is all they are good for. Novelty shelf art indeed.
Brad
Now
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9/27/19 from www.litecoinpool.org/calc a free LTC mining pool that has NO fee and pays out at 103%.
At 500mh and 800 watts at 10c kWh and at the current price of $55 per LTC. (This would be a bit better if you underclocked the L3+ units).
Comes to: (see below) NEGATIVE -$37.90 LOSS per month per L3+.
24 hours 0.01194157 LTC 0.66 USD 1.92 USD -1.26 USD
7 days 0.08359097 LTC 4.60 USD 13.44 USD -8.84 USD
30 days 0.35824702 LTC 19.70 USD 57.60 USD -37.90 USD
Future
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Again, using www.litecoinpool.org/calc as a guide. (Feel free to put in your own numbers on this calculator for LTC price/electric/underclock or whatever).
To make a profit using the same info as above and current difficulty and adjusting the price to that you at least break even would require
that LTC be at $161.00 LTC price. (Also remember if at that price difficulty would also go up likely with all L3+'s turned back on...but I'm using the same difficulty as today)
Again, 500mh 800 watts at 10c kWh at the current price of $161 per LTC. (This again would be better if you managed to underclock the L3+ units).
Comes to: (see below) POSITIVE 8c profit GAIN per month per L3+.
Expected Rewards Costs Net Profit
24 hours 0.01194157 LTC 1.92 USD 1.92 USD 0.00 USD
7 days 0.08359097 LTC 13.46 USD 13.44 USD 0.02 USD
30 days 0.35824702 LTC 57.68 USD 57.60 USD 0.08 USD
So from what I can tell you'd need $200 LTC almost immediately to even turn the L3+ units back on, due to the increase in hash-rate of everyone turning these
L3+ beasties back on. (Including my stuff).
So basically we are utterly screwed. And 'triply" so at $55 LTC prices. The boat has sunk. We need 3x the current price to basically make about 8c per L3+ per month!
All L3+'s have sunk. They, also are about IMHO 65% to75% of all scrypt-pow miners in the world, from what I can tell from Bitmain.
Complete and utter, as they say, 'miner capitulation' indeed. As an aside, this is pretty much the same issue as far as percentage of miners and price for Bitmain BTC miners the S9's.
So use your miners for 'nice' ASIC 'shelf art', in that as of now, that is all they are good for. Novelty shelf art indeed.
Brad
Remember winter is coming, great space heaters. Point them at TBDice and heat your basement and let them play the lottery!!
the l3+ doesnt put out enough heat to heat a room.. maybe a small shed, or closet to keep the mold out.
For basic P2PKH addresses (Bitcoin '1', Litecoin 'L') it should be possible to recover the funds by copying the private key from the Bitcoin wallet to the Litecoin wallet.
The catch is that keys in Wallet Interchange Format (WIF) will look very different between the two networks, even though the decoded raw bytes are the same. You (or rather, the recipient, the customer) would need to export from Bitcoin, convert Bitcoin to Litecoin WIF, and import into Litecoin.
This is what the same private key looks like on both Bitcoin and Litecoin:
BITCOIN
Private key hex: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Private key WIF: KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7rFU73sVHnoWn
Public key hex: 0279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798
HASH160 hex: 751e76e8199196d454941c45d1b3a323f1433bd6
Address: 1BgGZ9tcN4rm9KBzDn7KprQz87SZ26SAMH
LITECOIN
Private key hex: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Private key WIF: T33ydQRKp4FCW5LCLLUB7deioUMoveiwekdwUwyfRDeGZm76aUjV
Public key hex: 0279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798
HASH160 hex: 751e76e8199196d454941c45d1b3a323f1433bd6
Address: LVuDpNCSSj6pQ7t9Pv6d6sUkLKoqDEVUnJ
Note that only the WIF and Address fields differ, and that's only because they are in base58check format, which uses a prefix specifically for the network. Internally to each client they are using exactly the same numbers, regardless of the network.
Script for sending to Bitcoin address 1BgGZ9tcN4rm9KBzDn7KprQz87SZ26SAMH: DUP HASH160 PUSHDATA(20)[751e76e8199196d454941c45d1b3a323f1433bd6] EQUALVERIFY CHECKSIG
Script for sending to Litecoin address LVuDpNCSSj6pQ7t9Pv6d6sUkLKoqDEVUnJ: DUP HASH160 PUSHDATA(20)[751e76e8199196d454941c45d1b3a323f1433bd6] EQUALVERIFY CHECKSIG
(They're identical. Both addresses map to the hex sequence 751e76e8199196d454941c45d1b3a323f1433bd6 internally.)
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It's probably also worth considering that some of the more tech savvy customers may have already 'recovered' their funds on the Litecoin network, even after complaining to the OP and being compensated in Bitcoin.
The catch is that keys in Wallet Interchange Format (WIF) will look very different between the two networks, even though the decoded raw bytes are the same. You (or rather, the recipient, the customer) would need to export from Bitcoin, convert Bitcoin to Litecoin WIF, and import into Litecoin.
This is what the same private key looks like on both Bitcoin and Litecoin:
BITCOIN
Private key hex: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Private key WIF: KwDiBf89QgGbjEhKnhXJuH7LrciVrZi3qYjgd9M7rFU73sVHnoWn
Public key hex: 0279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798
HASH160 hex: 751e76e8199196d454941c45d1b3a323f1433bd6
Address: 1BgGZ9tcN4rm9KBzDn7KprQz87SZ26SAMH
LITECOIN
Private key hex: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Private key WIF: T33ydQRKp4FCW5LCLLUB7deioUMoveiwekdwUwyfRDeGZm76aUjV
Public key hex: 0279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798
HASH160 hex: 751e76e8199196d454941c45d1b3a323f1433bd6
Address: LVuDpNCSSj6pQ7t9Pv6d6sUkLKoqDEVUnJ
Note that only the WIF and Address fields differ, and that's only because they are in base58check format, which uses a prefix specifically for the network. Internally to each client they are using exactly the same numbers, regardless of the network.
Script for sending to Bitcoin address 1BgGZ9tcN4rm9KBzDn7KprQz87SZ26SAMH: DUP HASH160 PUSHDATA(20)[751e76e8199196d454941c45d1b3a323f1433bd6] EQUALVERIFY CHECKSIG
Script for sending to Litecoin address LVuDpNCSSj6pQ7t9Pv6d6sUkLKoqDEVUnJ: DUP HASH160 PUSHDATA(20)[751e76e8199196d454941c45d1b3a323f1433bd6] EQUALVERIFY CHECKSIG
(They're identical. Both addresses map to the hex sequence 751e76e8199196d454941c45d1b3a323f1433bd6 internally.)
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It's probably also worth considering that some of the more tech savvy customers may have already 'recovered' their funds on the Litecoin network, even after complaining to the OP and being compensated in Bitcoin.
so in basic terms, if you send bitcoin to a litecoin address, its possible you can use the bitcoin private key to generate the litecoin wallet with the bitcoin in it? but you still wont get your bitcoin back?? you will now have some litecoin.
or am i reading that wrong? or could you then sign the litecoin wallet and send your bitcoin back to yourself? will the core allow that?
it really seems that when altcoins were created, they core devs should have patched in a check that would make invalid tx's fail and those coins bounced back..
Re: [ANN] FutureBit Moonlander 2: The Most Powerful and Efficient USB Stick Miner!
bought well over dozen of them over time now regretting it badly
1st most pools are not able to mine on them aswell the apollo version miner
worst still i have 10 fans not working at all or not spinning like they used to- and at current prices be costly to buy and suffer the same results as i did
i even rented all futurebit miners on rentals and i got so many not hashing and being abused by rental admins that the rigs are crap and had my accounts suspended cause running them if i run l3 antminers no problem
1st most pools are not able to mine on them aswell the apollo version miner
worst still i have 10 fans not working at all or not spinning like they used to- and at current prices be costly to buy and suffer the same results as i did
i even rented all futurebit miners on rentals and i got so many not hashing and being abused by rental admins that the rigs are crap and had my accounts suspended cause running them if i run l3 antminers no problem
this..
i got 8 of the M1s and they mined for over a year and a half with little to no issues..
i used the ltc from the m1s to get 8 m2s and these have been nothing but problems..
they take over 2 amps.. so most USB hubs dont work.. the ones that do only work with 2 or maybe 3.
they constantly disconnect and stop mining.. so you have to keep rebooting them.. i made a script to do it automatically but still sometimes the whole rig needed powered off and back on.
some pools they wont even connect to.. they just time out and sit idle.
i paid over 6 LTC for these, plus almost $100 in usb hubs and they have been sitting on my desk for months.. collecting dust :/
like a month after i got these, he announced a pod.. i really wish i got one of those instead..
you would think by now they would have something patched in the core that would send back coins sent to invalid addresses..
maybe one day they will and OP will become very rich getting all the misplaced bitcoin back.
maybe one day they will and OP will become very rich getting all the misplaced bitcoin back.
with what you are projecting as a revenue opportunity would take more then 3 years to pay back your initial investment.. keep in mind that every month the difficulty will go up and this number will rise.. it could be longer, i would count on it taking 5 years..
at that time, those miners will be useless and not making any money.. unless the price of bitcoin goes up with the difficulty.. but then it would be wiser and more profitable to just buy bitcoin and hold it for 5 years..
it looks like someone jumped into bitcoin mining, bought a bunch of miners, then did the math after it was all up and running.. figured out after a year they would never get their initial investment back.. so they come here and try to con someone into buying them out.
at that time, those miners will be useless and not making any money.. unless the price of bitcoin goes up with the difficulty.. but then it would be wiser and more profitable to just buy bitcoin and hold it for 5 years..
it looks like someone jumped into bitcoin mining, bought a bunch of miners, then did the math after it was all up and running.. figured out after a year they would never get their initial investment back.. so they come here and try to con someone into buying them out.
Re: My aunt's daughter Died and there is 13 btc in hardwear wallet
Do you having the access to her wallet or no ?
Tell them their mom have a lot of inheritance, sell all the btc and give them the cash
And if you're lucky enough they will give you some of the sell result
Tell them their mom have a lot of inheritance, sell all the btc and give them the cash
And if you're lucky enough they will give you some of the sell result
this would be a horrible idea.. if OP lives in USA he/she would be responsible for taxes on someone elses money.
if OP knows nothing about bitcoin, how did they help her buy them? it makes no sense.
to the OP. if all you have is the receipt for the purchase of the nano and not the nano itself, or the pass phrase the bitcoins are lost.
you cant just call the company and have them returned to you, bitcoin doesnt work like that.
also anything you do financially should be going through the probate of the estate of the deceased. 13 btc is probably enough where you might have to go through a lawyer.
Re: [ANN][POOL] Mining Pool Hub - Multipool. Multialgo, Auto Exchange to any coin.
Payout is less than what suppose to be.
Mining Verge coin for 17ghs I should be getting 9000++ verge coins used whattomine calculator
Mining hub only pays 5000++.
Why so ?
Can anyone explain this ...
Mining Verge coin for 17ghs I should be getting 9000++ verge coins used whattomine calculator
Mining hub only pays 5000++.
Why so ?
Can anyone explain this ...
calculators are based on 100% luck.. orphans and long blocks will lower this number significantly.