As more bitcoins are mined, it becomes more computationally expensive
to mine new ones. You can, theoretically, run mining software on a
standard CPU but it's quickly reaching a point where the electricity
required to mine bitcoins via standard CPUs outweighs the value of the
bitcoins mined. Soon, the FPGA-based devices will be worthless as
well.
--Levi
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Jonathan Duncan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 24 May 2013, at 11:06, S. Dale Morrey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Well bitcointalk.org is a good place to learn.
>> My particular model was made by butterfly labs, but their support is
>> essentially worthless.
>> The process I remember was plug it into the computer and start the mining
>> software. The software should detect which USB port it's on and start it
>> up. However I can't remember if there was a driver or something I had to
>> install though.
>>
>
> I assume you are just talking about mining. Do you need a specialized piece
> of hardware? Or will mining software run on a standard Linux box?
>
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