Posted February 22, 2014 I wanted to create a low power bitcoin miner that would be fairly cheap to make. This made me decide to use my Raspberry Pi as a low power mini pc. For software I used MinePeon that is a miner designed for the Raspberry Pi and can be accessed from any PC by typing in the IP address in a web browser. Download it here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/minepeon/files/latest/download?source=files. The next thing to think about was mining hardware. I decided to buy a block erupter that mines at about 333 MH/s. I got this for £13.50 ($22.47) from eBay. However these need to be powered by a powered usb hub as the Raspberry Pi does not output enough power from its USB ports. The hub I decided to get was a D-Link H7 Powered 7 Port USB Hub. This cost me about £20 ($33.29). This can power 5 block erupters and the Raspberry Pi itself. I now have a bitcoin mining rig that cost about $50 (as I already had the Raspberry Pi), I have this running 24/7 and earns me about 0.00005448 BTC per day. I am planning on getting 4 more block erupters to fill up the hub, increase my hashrate, to increase my revenue. Below are some photos of the rig: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 22, 2014 I decided to buy a block erupter that mines at about 333 MH/s. WAT :0 for 15€? damn and people be buying amd cards? "Unofficially Official" Leading Scientific Research and Development Officer of the Official Star Citizen LTT Conglomerate | Reaper Squad, Idris Captain | 1x Aurora LN Game developer, AI researcher, Developing the UOLTT mobile apps G SIX [My Mac Pro G5 CaseMod Thread] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 22, 2014 WAT :0 for 15€? damn and people be buying amd cards? you are mistaking SHA-2 bitcoin and scrypt mining he is SHA-2 mining not srypt EOC folding stats - Folding stats - My web folding page stats Summer Glau: Quote's The future is worth fighting for. Serenity My linux setup: CPU: I7 2600K @4.5Ghz, MM: Corsair 16GB vengeance @1600Mhz, GPU: 2 Way Radeon his iceq x2 7970, MB: Asus sabertooth Z77, PSU: Corsair 750 plus Gold modular My gaming setup: CPU: I7 3770K @4.7Ghz, MM: Corsair 32GB vengeance @1600Mhz, GPU: 2 Way Gigabyte RX580 8GB, MB: Asus sabertooth Z77, PSU: Corsair 860i Platinum modular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 22, 2014 Does that even break even in the next year? My System Specs: (Short list) i7 4770k, GTX 780, many SSD's, a 2 TB HDD(deceased :( ), Corsair 650D. Full list: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/kchriz6097/saved/8dh7YJ Upgrade Plan: Acquire some Black Noctuas then add 16 or 32GB of 2133MHz memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 22, 2014 So it will never payoff, oh well Location: Kaunas, Lithuania, Europe, Earth, Solar System, Local Interstellar Cloud, Local Bubble, Gould Belt, Orion Arm, Milky Way, Milky Way subgroup, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster, Laniakea, Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex, Observable universe, Universe. Spoiler 12700, B660M Mortar DDR4, 32GB 3200C16 Viper Steel, 2TB SN570, EVGA Supernova G6 850W, be quiet! 500FX, EVGA 3070Ti FTW3 Ultra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 22, 2014 you are mistaking SHA-2 bitcoin and scrypt mining he is SHA-2 mining not srypt ah, you are correct i kinda just lost my jaw over this haha "Unofficially Official" Leading Scientific Research and Development Officer of the Official Star Citizen LTT Conglomerate | Reaper Squad, Idris Captain | 1x Aurora LN Game developer, AI researcher, Developing the UOLTT mobile apps G SIX [My Mac Pro G5 CaseMod Thread] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 22, 2014 Author This won't break even in the next year. But hopefully it will after I purchase a few more block erupters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 22, 2014 This won't break even in the next year. But hopefully it will after I purchase a few more block erupters. You dont understand maths very well, do you? The block erupters will NOT make you any money at the current dificulty, no matter how mant you buy. Unless you can get them for free, and power them with free electricity.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 22, 2014 Does that even break even in the next year? in 3 years EOC folding stats - Folding stats - My web folding page stats Summer Glau: Quote's The future is worth fighting for. Serenity My linux setup: CPU: I7 2600K @4.5Ghz, MM: Corsair 16GB vengeance @1600Mhz, GPU: 2 Way Radeon his iceq x2 7970, MB: Asus sabertooth Z77, PSU: Corsair 750 plus Gold modular My gaming setup: CPU: I7 3770K @4.7Ghz, MM: Corsair 32GB vengeance @1600Mhz, GPU: 2 Way Gigabyte RX580 8GB, MB: Asus sabertooth Z77, PSU: Corsair 860i Platinum modular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 22, 2014 This won't break even in the next year. But hopefully it will after I purchase a few more block erupters. Lol, if you buy more you'll be even more money in the hole... More miners means more to pay off, fi if you can't brake even on one how do you expect to on 10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 23, 2014 Lol, if you buy more you'll be even more money in the hole... More miners means more to pay off, fi if you can't brake even on one how do you expect to on 10?Cuz math ain't important You are free, act like it~Warfairy. Moar guns. B) #3Dprinting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 23, 2014 Author Well, it's fun to do this even if I don't make money anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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