Bitcoin Mining

2 points by rootkat ↗ HN
I've recently gotten into bitcoin mining (as a lot have recently lol), what's your setup like? What's the best way to mine for btc? Is there any scripts and/or a way to mine btc using cloud hosting?

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Get one of these shiny ASIC systems, CPU mining is dead since ages and GPU mining won't be profitable in a year, give or take a couple months.
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I have been mining since June 2011. Running two ATI 5830's for about 550 mhashes/sec on a cheap motherboard with a cheap processor and barely any ram. All admin is done with SSH, only cords going in are network and power.

Been running basically non-stop since I built it, with the exception of a few months I spent away from home. Was hard to justify at 2 dollars per coin, but I am glad I left it on in the long run. Close to 90 coins mined!

Try joining a bitcoin mining pool. You'll gain bitcoins in shorter amounts of time though very small amounts.