That would be cool if the thing covers our electrical bill at least! It's supposed to be low power. I'm just interested I. The technology and the LCF for SkullSpace.
Maybe the landlord will let us install solar panels on the roof.if we're smart about we can get a grant and sell excess power to other tenants. I don't think you can sell back to hydro just yet. We're on really good terms with the landlord. If we put together a business case he may consider it. Ian Sent from my iPhone On 2013-07-18, at 16:41, "Mark Jenkins" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thank you for your order from* Butterfly Labs! *Your order (#11214) was >> shipped via USPS, USPS Priority Mail Int'l on 7/16/2013. >> >> WooHoo! > >> No I didn't! Just the small USB connected thing. I think it was 275 or >> something like that. > > Entry level 5 GH/s unit is priced $275 USD. > > Calculator sites say this can crank out $265.82 per month at current price > and difficulty. > > Naturally will be less by the time it gets through first month. And if and > when the bear market returns in earnest, growth in difficulty / competition > for blocks may slow as a result, but will be a lagging, especially with > efficient ASICs like these still being profitable under such conditions. > > If the plan is still to donate this to the the space, one hacker project > would be to write code to dynamically hop between between bitcoin and other > sha256 coins as profitability in each jumps around > https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/List_of_alternative_cryptocurrencies > (though they tend to track each other fairly well I'm told, and this makes > sense) > > I still say, if it's a freebie, lets freaking solo mine and have an amazing > block party if we find a block and just sad faces and electricity bills if we > don't. > > Odds of finding a block in the next year assuming constant difficulty (wrong > assumption obviously) are... > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
