Mining Cryptocurrency on Solar?

Yeah I've been mining ⛏️ Crypto for over a year on solar and was wondering if anyone was doin that and wanted to chat about it!

Are you using the heat generated for another purpose, such as heating your house?  Stacking functions and all…

I’m trying to convince a friend to only mine in the winter and to place his rig in a central location in his house to offset his HVAC use.

Gray Henon wrote:Are you using the heat generated for another purpose, such as heating your house?  Stacking functions and all…

I’m trying to convince a friend to only mine in the winter and to place his rig in a central location in his house to offset his HVAC use.

The thought had crossed my mind, lol but all my rigs are setup for low power algorithms kinda designed to combat the "once was Ethereum GPU mining epidemic "

Take into consideration the energy needed for Bitcoin its more of a full-time commitment then say, Litecoin which stays afloat amidst the many storms!

Thanks for getting back to me!

(" if it's warm enough, maybe it can hatch some eggs!")

Gray Henon wrote:Are you using the heat generated for another purpose, such as heating your house?  Stacking functions and all…

I’m trying to convince a friend to only mine in the winter and to place his rig in a central location in his house to offset his HVAC use.

Grey,

They could hatch a whole Lotta eggs!

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Yep!  Rigs aren't 100% solar powered but get a good chunk from PV panels.  The rigs are in a grow tent to concentrate the heat (1).  The heat produced from the rigs is siphoned into a 2d grow tent (2) where I've stacked some wood (3) for my wood stove (the temp is over 100F and humidity under 10%).  Finally, the heat is pumped to the return duct (4).  

Angyl Eternity wrote:Yeah I've been mining ⛏️ Crypto for over a year on solar and was wondering if anyone was doin that and wanted to chat about it!

Carlos Lam wrote:Yep!  Rigs aren't 100% solar powered but get a good chunk from PV panels.  The rigs are in a grow tent to concentrate the heat (1).  The heat produced from the rigs is siphoned into a 2d grow tent (2) where I've stacked some wood (3) for my wood stove (the temp is over 100F and humidity under 10%).  Finally, the heat is pumped to the return duct (4).  

Absolutely awesome set ups! Truly amazing, how much are you able to mine a day on solar? How much electricity do you use? Give more info, this is awesome!

What ROI are you getting, with and without solar (for comparison).

This is epic.This is why I love permies.Thank you for sharing.