I was always telling myself I needed to mine, but I’ve heard so many stories of just buy instead. I admire your reasons for doing it as a point of decentralising the hash rate, I still would like to say I do that but can’t justify upfront cost with family commitments. It’s obviously key to the whole Bitcoin process and non kyc sats mined from a home setup is like growing your own food 🔥
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My main reason for mining was to help secure the network. Ideally, one day, my contribution to the total hash rates equals my fraction of the total Bitcoin. Ironically, if I continue my chosen path, it will come true at or near zero ...
Home heating is the way. I think one or two s19pros will heat my entire house if I get them tied into central heating system.
A miner is an expensive heater though. Its a gamble to buy new units. Just keep it small, don't spend too much and think of it as a kyc free rewards program for electricity.
Currently, I have old units for space heaters and those seem worth it.