Hobby "lottery" miners, mining space heaters, and other small mining-enabled IoT devices are *incredibly* important to battling the centralization of Bitcoin hashrate.
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This is the way. Every house should have its own solo miner.
And full node! I recommend nostr:nprofile1qqs9df4h2deu3aae83fmet5xmrlm4w5l9gdnsy3q2n7dklem7ezmwfcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz3rhwvaz7tekd3jks6rev3ehyargv9nk66tnxe6h2dn5w43kuerk0fmnwcm4vfc8z6mgweu8j7fhdfhkjmmrxs6k66mnwg6x2cty9ehku6t0dchsz9mhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxjmnxduhs5nd6j2, you can run all kinds of other privacy & sovereignty apps on it as well.
My start9 should arrive this week.
We just need more manufacturers and supply. I was looking at the new Canaan space heater and i just simply cannot justify the cost. Maybe at the bottom of the next bear it could be feasible.
You don’t want a Canaan anyways. 😎
You’re damn right.
How profitable are these on average at standard electricity prices? I understand that’s a hard question to answer, but I honestly have never bothered just because of the hassle/return ratio.
Lottery miners aren't profitable at all unless you get lucky and have spent less than the block reward over its lifetime, but lottery miners aren't really mining for profit.
Other small miners hashing for a pool are going to depend entirely on the variables at play... type of miners, electricity cost, how often it's running, etc.
Thanks for the info 🫡