[Cialug] Bitcoin mining

David Champion dchamp1337 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 11 11:42:45 CST 2014


You can make biomass bricks from scrap paper, junk mail, etc. I'm guessing
it doesn't smell very good.
Example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aLZ88_DZz8

-dc

On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:

> I had considered burning junk mail. Given the amount I already get, it
> would be fairly easy to get even more delivered to my house for free.
>
> :) Dave
>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Dec 11, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Lee Henderson <leemhenderson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> As I haven't purchased or researched new miners in months (that might as
> >> well be years in the Bitocin world) I won't give any recommendations on
> >> what to buy.Though even a 1 TH/s miner would yield little profitability
> >> under current conditions. The difficulty is simply too high, the BTC
> price
> >> is too low and power costs catch up quick.
> >>
> >> Here is the most realistic calculator I've personally used.
> >> https://tradeblock.com/mining/
> >>
> >
> > Yet another case where time-travel would be awesome. :-)
> >
> > Though your comment about free electricity makes me think of an idea
> I've been working on where house-hold waste could be used to power an
> electrical generator. (no, not a Mr. Fusion) However, my idea involves
> creating ethanol which, as it turns out, is heavily regulated for some
> crazy reason.
> > --
> > Matthew Nuzum
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> >
> >
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