As you plan expand and grow your Bitcoin and Altcoin mining operation, data networking becomes more important. This video discusses network switches, firewalls and network security, IP address space, DHCP server, and reliability. For an introduction to on planning your Bitcoin mining operation, see Planning Your Bitcoin Mining Operation
People ask me questions on Bitcoin mining on a regular basis. I’m happy to talk on the phone, help out on forums and slack channels, answer questions on youtube videos, and answer comments on this blog. Based on the questions, I’ve put together a list for myself of future topics to cover in posts and […]
Hardware wallets are a great way to store your Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrency. They are safe and secure. Bitcoin mining operators have a problem with wallets, though, and need to perform maintenance on them to make sure they keep running well. The other day I wanted to use two months of mining earnings from my […]
I really like the Dash Coin. There’s a lot of things it has going for it, and I like the development path and future potential. There’s a saying I’ve heard that I like to quote, “Bitcoin is digital gold, Litecoin is digital silver, and Dash is digital Cash.” I own a few Dash Masternodes, and have […]
I really like Zabbix. It’s open source, been around for well over a decade, and does exactly what I need for monitoring my gear. It gives me a dashboard I can check anytime, and sends me an email when there is a problem that I consider important enough to be notified about. The header picture […]
Small Bitcoin mining operations have some advantages over the large operations. This video discusses actions to take and skills to develop to maximize revenue as a miner with 30, 100, 500, or 1000 servers.
It seemed like a big deal when the Antminer T9 published the efficiency specification. It appeared to be much less efficient than the Antminer S9. The Antminer S9 went through a version change in about October of 2016, changing from fixed frequency hash boards to variable frequency. Bitmain also changed the warranty policy, extending it […]
There’s a lot to discuss when talking about Bitcoin Mining at Scale. I put together an introductory presentation on the topic. I’ll do more videos on this going forward. Check out this post I wrote last year about planning your operation: https://blockoperations.com/planning-your-bitcoin-mining-operation/ Here are a couple of pictures of a Bitcoin mining facility I am […]
Latest version of my guide to building and operating a mining rig is here, How to Build a 6 Rig GPU Miner for Zcash and Ethereum with Nvidia GTX 1070 and EthosDistro posted Oct 1, 2017 on Steemit. A few weeks ago I posted a how-to on building a Linux GPU miner for Claymore. Well, […]
I’ve built some Zcash Linux 6-GPU mining rigs using the Sapphire version of the AMD R9 Fury. I know the AMD RX480 is very efficient, but I feel the R9 Fury is better at mining Zcash. So I’ve been mining Ethereum on my RX480 rigs. One of the nice things about GPU miners is their […]