I’ve read about stories regarding Bitcoins and I’ve finally reached a point where my tech side curiosity has been peaked. I’m decided to make a minimal investment in some mining equipment to see how it works and make some coins if possible. Part of this setup I already have and the other stuff is on the way. Here is what I have:
- I’ve got a BitCoin Wallet and use Bitcoin-Qt here on my MacBook Pro.
- I’ve got a RaspberryPi setup and I’m going to use it to control some USB ASIC Miners.
- I’ve joined the Bitcoin.cz pool and got it connected to my Wallet for payments
I’ve got the following items ordered and on the way:
- A ButterFly Labs 10Gh/sec Miner
- Three USB AntMiners that operate at 1.6Gh/sec
- Some LED/LCD stuff for the RaspberryPi to display it’s progress and what not.
The goal at this point is to setup two different mining operations. I’m going to use the RaspberryPi with the three USB AntMiners (4.8Gh/Sec total) to participate in a mining pool and see how I can generate in a month of operations. I’m going to take the Butterfly Labs 10Gh/sec miner and rig it up to a Mac Mini-Server that I have but it’s not going to be a pooled miner. I’m going to see if I can catch a solution on my own. But still measure what I can generate in month.
Why do all this? Because it’s geeky fun. I’ll keep posting about this as I move forward.