Author Topic: Bitcoin mining? (Read 59657 times)

matt5cott · **Reply #135 on:** November 28, 2013, 12:54:22 PM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #135 on: November 28, 2013, 12:54:22 PM

Sold 0.5BTC

Bought ps4.

skidzilla · **Reply #136 on:** November 28, 2013, 17:00:53 PM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #136 on: November 28, 2013, 17:00:53 PM

Sweet!

This poor guy though, lost so much after spilling a cup of tea on his laptop:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-25134289

Eggtastico · **Reply #137 on:** November 29, 2013, 09:08:58 AM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #137 on: November 29, 2013, 09:08:58 AM

I got some bitcoin somewhere - think on a old hard drive - less than 1 coin - how do I go about retrieving it?

matt5cott · **Reply #138 on:** November 29, 2013, 13:40:57 PM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #138 on: November 29, 2013, 13:40:57 PM

Quote from: Eggtastico on November 29, 2013, 09:08:58 AM

I got some bitcoin somewhere - think on a old hard drive - less than 1 coin - how do I go about retrieving it?

Sweep the drive for wallet.dat, fire up the bitcoin client, let the blockchain update.

Whatever you do back the wallet.dat up pronto, lose that, lose your coins.

Eggtastico · **Reply #139 on:** November 29, 2013, 15:33:11 PM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #139 on: November 29, 2013, 15:33:11 PM

Quote from: matt5cott on November 29, 2013, 13:40:57 PM

Quote from: Eggtastico on November 29, 2013, 09:08:58 AM
I got some bitcoin somewhere - think on a old hard drive - less than 1 coin - how do I go about retrieving it?

Sweep the drive for wallet.dat, fire up the bitcoin client, let the blockchain update.

Whatever you do back the wallet.dat up pronto, lose that, lose your coins.

cheers - its only fraction of a coin I have anyway... will do some searching. Now where is my stack of drives

matt5cott · **Reply #140 on:** November 29, 2013, 15:44:50 PM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #140 on: November 29, 2013, 15:44:50 PM

Quote from: Eggtastico on November 29, 2013, 15:33:11 PM

Quote from: matt5cott on November 29, 2013, 13:40:57 PM
Quote from: Eggtastico on November 29, 2013, 09:08:58 AM
I got some bitcoin somewhere - think on a old hard drive - less than 1 coin - how do I go about retrieving it?

Sweep the drive for wallet.dat, fire up the bitcoin client, let the blockchain update.

Whatever you do back the wallet.dat up pronto, lose that, lose your coins.
cheers - its only fraction of a coin I have anyway... will do some searching. Now where is my stack of drives

No worries, 0.05 is still £40 odd, so well worth a quick rummage

TBH I'd just create a secure wallet and just stash it.

Eggtastico · **Reply #141 on:** November 29, 2013, 16:45:51 PM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #141 on: November 29, 2013, 16:45:51 PM

Quote from: matt5cott on November 29, 2013, 15:44:50 PM

Quote from: Eggtastico on November 29, 2013, 15:33:11 PM
Quote from: matt5cott on November 29, 2013, 13:40:57 PM
Quote from: Eggtastico on November 29, 2013, 09:08:58 AM
I got some bitcoin somewhere - think on a old hard drive - less than 1 coin - how do I go about retrieving it?

im trying to think where my stash of drives are. Think I might have sold them off to buy bigger drives.
Or it is still in the computer that packed up a year ago.... now where is that computer.

Sweep the drive for wallet.dat, fire up the bitcoin client, let the blockchain update.

Whatever you do back the wallet.dat up pronto, lose that, lose your coins.
cheers - its only fraction of a coin I have anyway... will do some searching. Now where is my stack of drives

No worries, 0.05 is still £40 odd, so well worth a quick rummage

TBH I'd just create a secure wallet and just stash it.

Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #142 on:** December 01, 2013, 11:24:21 AM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #142 on: December 01, 2013, 11:24:21 AM

At this point I have to say I am f**king gutted I sold my 20 coins

Bacon · **Reply #143 on:** December 02, 2013, 18:20:43 PM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #143 on: December 02, 2013, 18:20:43 PM

I don't understand why they are so valuable.

Adrock · **Reply #144 on:** December 02, 2013, 18:40:24 PM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #144 on: December 02, 2013, 18:40:24 PM

People attach a value to them because they can be used as a method to avoid transactions you fulfill being scrutinised. Why they are so expensive, I have no idea.

bytejunkie · **Reply #145 on:** December 02, 2013, 19:40:51 PM

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Reply #145 on: December 02, 2013, 19:40:51 PM

word is that some chinesees are using them to get currency in/out of the prc without the authorities knowing.

really wish i'd bought one at 250. watching them every couple of days, but i think the time to make a stash of cash has gone.

Dave · **Reply #146 on:** December 09, 2013, 23:07:57 PM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #146 on: December 09, 2013, 23:07:57 PM

not trying to call the top or anything... in fact anything could happen really - price might increase 10 fold again or could crash and burn a bunch of people before the end of the year.... there are far too many uncertanties

at the moment the increases are potentially not to dissimilar to this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania

Last Edit: December 09, 2013, 23:09:36 PM by Dave #187;

Cypher · **Reply #147 on:** December 14, 2013, 10:07:20 AM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #147 on: December 14, 2013, 10:07:20 AM

I realise I'm probably a bit late to this party, that the difficulty has gone up and will continue to give up, but I've decided to give this ago, on the premise of a bit of fun and not take it too seriously.

I can see that the major choice any new person has to make it whether to invest in ASCI chips or GPU's, if bitcoin's ever fall over, then those chips are all but worthless, I can't believe the hardware business that has comeout of this, i.e butterfly labs, at least with GPU's, you can sell them on. But for power consumption and practicality reasons, I've decided to take a stab at an inexpensive USB stick.

A PS4 would certainly be a first great goal.

knighty · **Reply #148 on:** December 14, 2013, 11:39:35 AM

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Reply #148 on: December 14, 2013, 11:39:35 AM

haven't looked at them for ages (I had a quick look when I got a 7990 which coincided with bitcoin price rises)

but there's a few web pages showing a cost/performance comparison for different gpus/usb thingies/other chips etc...

and from what I saw.... anything below £6000 of hardware is pretty worthless :-(

Walrusbonzo · **Reply #149 on:** December 15, 2013, 14:56:37 PM

Re: Bitcoin mining?

Reply #149 on: December 15, 2013, 14:56:37 PM

You'd be better off mining Litecoin instead of Bitcoin. I'm currently getting $15 worth a day on my 2 x R9 280x GFX cards. Also, there are no ASICs systems for Litecoin yet, meaning the best way to mine is with GFX cards

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