Bitcoin mining

[F4bio]

Hello,

I am learning some things about bitcoin and i found that to mine bitcoin is necessary a good rig witch comes with a lot of power consumption. With that, the electrical bill will increase and at some point the profit of mining is not worth it. Post that, I wonder if is possible to create a rig with some laptop and solar panels that increases the effecienty.

 

Thank you

[dalekphalm]

3 hours ago, F4bio said:

Hello,

I am learning some things about bitcoin and i found that to mine bitcoin is necessary a good rig witch comes with a lot of power consumption. With that, the electrical bill will increase and at some point the profit of mining is not worth it. Post that, I wonder if is possible to create a rig with some laptop and solar panels that increases the effecienty.

 

Thank you

So, to mine Bitcoins specifically, you need an ASIC device - which is a purpose built computing device that specifically works with the BTC algorithm. BTC has long since been too difficult to mine using computer hardware (You're literally years too late). You would never make back your investment on a computer, let alone break even for electricity.

 

With that in mind, there are "Alt coins", which are also cryptocurrency, just different kinds. Some of them are still good for some GPU mining.

 

I would advise you to do a lot more research, because you're definitely not ready to start mining.

 

Lastly: Mining on a laptop is basically a waste of time (unless that laptop is controlling an ASIC miner - in which case, there are far less power hungry host computers, such as a RaspberryPi, that would be better). Using Solar power isn't necessarily a bad thing, but investing in the solar panels themselves need to be factored into any type of return you're expecting.

[Unhelpful]

You're like 5 or 6 years too late to mine Bitcoins with your computer.

[Pl4gued]

Um I broke even with an array of raspberry pis I mean it could be more effective but Im happy

[Unhelpful]

2 hours ago, Pl4gued said:

Um I broke even with an array of raspberry pis I mean it could be more effective but Im happy

When? And with Bitcoin or a different cryptocurrency? 

[Pl4gued]

Bit coin  and 3 months ago  but I broke it

[Guest]

9 hours ago, Pl4gued said:

Um I broke even with an array of raspberry pis I mean it could be more effective but Im happy

Is that breaking even with power draw or the total cost of the RPis, regardless, still not profitable.

[Pl4gued]

Just now, tjcater said:

Is that breaking even with power draw or the total cost of the RPis, regardless, still not profitable.

No I was profitable  made 200 dollars plus electric bill 

 

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Pl4gued said:

No I was profitable  made 200 dollars plus electric bill 

 

Sorry, your usage of "broke even" in the quoted post made me think you barely made your money back with the electricity used.

[Pl4gued]

Oh sorry ma dood