Crypto currency mining

[moltuae]

Originally Posted by ainarssems

You select custom hardware and then enter details like cost/hash rate/power consumption/purchase price and it gives you result.

In the 'Select Hardware' dropdown box here you mean?
https://new.nicehash.com/profitability-calculator/

Still not seeing it. I can see the L3+ but not the D3.



EDIT: Ah, I think I know where you mean now!

[moltuae]

I notice there's a few Antminer D3s available on Ebay, perhaps not surprisingly with a whopping price mark-up:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bitmain-An...-/202033862659

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BITMAIN-An...-/222624031839

[ainarssems]

There are more millionaires in world than there will ever be Bitcoins


https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitco...-than-bitcoins

[moltuae]

Some good points there!

By the way, on the subject of Ripple and altcoins, I was just watching this video (in which Ripple gets a mention):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce08yvu0Z1w

This guy is a bit of a shouty narcissist but he does do his research and I find he is often right in his predictions. I would recommend doing your own research too, but his recommendations are a good starting point to narrow down your search. Antshares/NEO was one that I bought a while ago on his recommendation.

He posts a new video almost every day. He also offers a cryptocurrency investment course that you can join for £10 if you use the link provided below the video. The course is about 40+ videos about investing in altcoins.

[moltuae]

Originally Posted by ainarssems

There are more millionaires in world than there will ever be Bitcoins


https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitco...-than-bitcoins

Another point they don't mention in that article: While there's a mining limit of 21 million BTC, which will take more than a hundred years to mine, you also have to take into account the 'lost' coins. Thousands/millions of coins have been lost already and every day someone loses access to more. By the time the 21 million limit is reached, I'd be surprised if more than half of that figure is still in circulation.

[ainarssems]

Here is D3 a bit cheaper but still more than double of Bitmain price. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Bitm...AbTest=ae803_3

[ainarssems]

There is another SHA256 miner, the plus is that it's in stock but higher power usage and lower performance than S9.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/In-s...AbTest=ae803_3

[moltuae]

I think I'd feel a little apprehensive buying either of those from an unknown Chinese seller on AliExpress.

Originally Posted by ainarssems

There is another SHA256 miner, the plus is that it's in stock but higher power usage and lower performance than S9.

That is quite inefficient compared with the S9. Looks like it does 11.5TH/s @ ~2kW, compared with the S9's 13.5TH/s @1.3kW. And yet they state "better than Antminer S7 S9" .... in what way is it better? Having said that, I suppose if they're in stock, and you can make you of the heat generated ...