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How to Mine Your Own Bitcoin

how to mine your own bitcoin A BEGINNER'S GUIDE Bitcoin [bit-koin] noun A decentralised digital currency created in 2009; I Bitcoin (BTC) = $118; can be minted, or mined. Bitcoin virtual blocks or block chains of processing power. just under $240,000 minus that must be decrypted At the current rate, there electricity costs. exchange rates skyrocketed in using complicated computer is just over $188,000 being It's possible to make money early 2013, prompting a surge algorithms. Each time a block spent on I,258.05 Mw/h doing from mining now, but it won't of public interest. is decrypted, the algorithms 80,644.13 GH/s. That amounts be forever. Here's how you can So how does mining work? become more complex and to around 4,000 BTC per day start mining before the bubble Bitcoins are embedded in require even greater amounts for a gross of $420,000, or bursts step one: GET A BITCOIN WALLET. Get a wallet. This tool gives you Bitcoin addresses that can be used to send and receive the digital currency. Bitcoin.org recommends Bitcoin-Qt and Bitcoin Wallet for new users, but there are several other options to choose from. Software-based wallets give you the most control over your money. They reside on your computer, so you are responsible for backups and protecting your money. If privacy is your main concern, software wallets are the way to go. FEM HUNDI ONG There are several mobile- and web-based wallet providers. The main benefit: you can pay with Bitcoins in physical stores by scanning a QR code or using NFC Tap to Pay. Web wallets offer the most flexibility and the least security. Use them anywhere there's a web connection, but do your research first. These wallets are convenient but not secure. step two: JOIN A MINING POOL. You can mine Bitcoins on your own, but we don't recommend it. Mining has become so popular and finding blocks so difficult, that it could take you years to generate a single coin. Your energy costs would be higher than the value of Bitcoins mined. Pools allow miners to combine their computing power. Once a hash has been decrypted, workers in the pool divide up the Bitcoins mined. Every successfully decrypted hash yields 25 Bitcoins... for now. Mining pools vary by size and payment sharing method. Most pools charge fees for blocks mined. Pools with fewer users decrypt blocks at a slower rate, but larger pools yield smaller payments. There is a huge amount of variance between mining pools, including the integrity of individual pool operators. Do your research and choose a Bitcoin mining pool with care. step three: GET A MINING PLATFORM. Get appropriate tools. Most Bitcoin miners work by using spare Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) cycles to power the mining process. These cycles facilitate P2P transactions, so you're helping maintain the network by contributing your computing power. (See note below for more about mining hardware.) GUIMiner and 50Miner are good options for Windows users. You can mine with almost any standard graphics card. Input your worker and pool information before you start mining, no skipping steps! CGMiner is a good option for Linux operating systems. COS X users, unfortunately, will find the process a bit more challenging. DiabloMiner is a two-year old command-line program that uses OpenCL, and which requires a proxy like Stratum to connect with mining pools. a note about hardware: NTROLS PLM-1 43452WI A Central Processing Unit least efficient option for Bitcoin blocks of data in parallel. GPUS greatly increase (CPU) is the mining. can be found in video cards, on your processing hardware 818 Graphics Processing motherboards and on CPU die. If power and mining within a Units (GPUS) perform a you're serious about mining, it's efficiency. According to Avalon computer similar function, but are much important to have some level of -a company that sells such that carries out program more efficient in manipulating GPU processing at your disposal. mining rigs - each unit is instructions by performing computer graphics. Their Still more powerful processing guaranteed to process at speeds basic arithmetical, logical, and highly parallel structure tools for Bitcoin mining have of 60,000 Mh/s or greater. input/output operations for the makes them surfaced in recent years. Field Compared to an Intel Core i7 system. CPUS have been around more effective Programmable Gate Arrays processor, which performs RENA since the 1960s. Computers that than general- (FPGAS) and Application at about 6.7 Mh/s, these rigs rely solely on CPUS to calculate purpose CPUS for Specific Integrated are mining powerhouses. complex algorithms are the processing large Circuits (ASICS) can step four: MAKE MONEY. Now it's time to sit back and relax, right? Wrong. Every time a block is decrypted, remaining Bitcoins become more difficult to mine. It may take some time before you see a significant ROI. If you're planning to stockpile Bitcoins to exchange for US dollars, stay abreast of Bitcoin exchange rates. The Bitcoin bubble of 2013 won't last forever. BARCLAYS EE K EM You can also use your Bitcoins as currency at a number of online and brick-and-mortar locations. (Refer to the suggestions below for more info on vendors who accept BTC payments.) It's unlikely that newcomers to the world of Bitcoin will become overnight millionaires. But if you manage your mining and your money well, you just might be able to join the ranks of successful Bitcoin miners. suggestions for further reading – wallets pools software other software wallets: Bitcoin-QT 50BTC GPU: general info: Bitcoin.org АВСРоoL.co DiabloMiner poclbm hashkill Multibit BitClockers Blockchain.info BitcoinPool.com Bitcoin Magazine Armory Electrum Bitparking BitPenny BTC Guild Phoenix Bitcoincharts.com Bitcoinexchangerate.org mobile wallets: CPU: Jgarzik Ufasoft trading + spending: Bitspend.net PayBit.co BTCPak.com Bitcoin Wallet BTCWarp CoinLab Protected Pool Blockchain.info Paytunia Eclipse Mining Consortium Horrible Horrendous TT FPGA: web wallets: MaxBTC FPGAminer WalletBit.com Blockchain.info NMCBIT BTCinstant.com BIPS Özco.in browser-based: giftsforcoins.com Coinbase BitJam KradMiner Infographics @ aNewDomain.net how to mine your own bitcoin A BEGINNER'S GUIDE Bitcoin [bit-koin] noun A decentralised digital currency created in 2009; I Bitcoin (BTC) = $118; can be minted, or mined. Bitcoin virtual blocks or block chains of processing power. just under $240,000 minus that must be decrypted At the current rate, there electricity costs. exchange rates skyrocketed in using complicated computer is just over $188,000 being It's possible to make money early 2013, prompting a surge algorithms. Each time a block spent on I,258.05 Mw/h doing from mining now, but it won't of public interest. is decrypted, the algorithms 80,644.13 GH/s. That amounts be forever. Here's how you can So how does mining work? become more complex and to around 4,000 BTC per day start mining before the bubble Bitcoins are embedded in require even greater amounts for a gross of $420,000, or bursts step one: GET A BITCOIN WALLET. Get a wallet. This tool gives you Bitcoin addresses that can be used to send and receive the digital currency. Bitcoin.org recommends Bitcoin-Qt and Bitcoin Wallet for new users, but there are several other options to choose from. Software-based wallets give you the most control over your money. They reside on your computer, so you are responsible for backups and protecting your money. If privacy is your main concern, software wallets are the way to go. FEM HUNDI ONG There are several mobile- and web-based wallet providers. The main benefit: you can pay with Bitcoins in physical stores by scanning a QR code or using NFC Tap to Pay. Web wallets offer the most flexibility and the least security. Use them anywhere there's a web connection, but do your research first. These wallets are convenient but not secure. step two: JOIN A MINING POOL. You can mine Bitcoins on your own, but we don't recommend it. Mining has become so popular and finding blocks so difficult, that it could take you years to generate a single coin. Your energy costs would be higher than the value of Bitcoins mined. Pools allow miners to combine their computing power. Once a hash has been decrypted, workers in the pool divide up the Bitcoins mined. Every successfully decrypted hash yields 25 Bitcoins... for now. Mining pools vary by size and payment sharing method. Most pools charge fees for blocks mined. Pools with fewer users decrypt blocks at a slower rate, but larger pools yield smaller payments. There is a huge amount of variance between mining pools, including the integrity of individual pool operators. Do your research and choose a Bitcoin mining pool with care. step three: GET A MINING PLATFORM. Get appropriate tools. Most Bitcoin miners work by using spare Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) cycles to power the mining process. These cycles facilitate P2P transactions, so you're helping maintain the network by contributing your computing power. (See note below for more about mining hardware.) GUIMiner and 50Miner are good options for Windows users. You can mine with almost any standard graphics card. Input your worker and pool information before you start mining, no skipping steps! CGMiner is a good option for Linux operating systems. COS X users, unfortunately, will find the process a bit more challenging. DiabloMiner is a two-year old command-line program that uses OpenCL, and which requires a proxy like Stratum to connect with mining pools. a note about hardware: NTROLS PLM-1 43452WI A Central Processing Unit least efficient option for Bitcoin blocks of data in parallel. GPUS greatly increase (CPU) is the mining. can be found in video cards, on your processing hardware 818 Graphics Processing motherboards and on CPU die. If power and mining within a Units (GPUS) perform a you're serious about mining, it's efficiency. According to Avalon computer similar function, but are much important to have some level of -a company that sells such that carries out program more efficient in manipulating GPU processing at your disposal. mining rigs - each unit is instructions by performing computer graphics. Their Still more powerful processing guaranteed to process at speeds basic arithmetical, logical, and highly parallel structure tools for Bitcoin mining have of 60,000 Mh/s or greater. input/output operations for the makes them surfaced in recent years. Field Compared to an Intel Core i7 system. CPUS have been around more effective Programmable Gate Arrays processor, which performs RENA since the 1960s. Computers that than general- (FPGAS) and Application at about 6.7 Mh/s, these rigs rely solely on CPUS to calculate purpose CPUS for Specific Integrated are mining powerhouses. complex algorithms are the processing large Circuits (ASICS) can step four: MAKE MONEY. Now it's time to sit back and relax, right? Wrong. Every time a block is decrypted, remaining Bitcoins become more difficult to mine. It may take some time before you see a significant ROI. If you're planning to stockpile Bitcoins to exchange for US dollars, stay abreast of Bitcoin exchange rates. The Bitcoin bubble of 2013 won't last forever. BARCLAYS EE K EM You can also use your Bitcoins as currency at a number of online and brick-and-mortar locations. (Refer to the suggestions below for more info on vendors who accept BTC payments.) It's unlikely that newcomers to the world of Bitcoin will become overnight millionaires. But if you manage your mining and your money well, you just might be able to join the ranks of successful Bitcoin miners. suggestions for further reading – wallets pools software other software wallets: Bitcoin-QT 50BTC GPU: general info: Bitcoin.org АВСРоoL.co DiabloMiner poclbm hashkill Multibit BitClockers Blockchain.info BitcoinPool.com Bitcoin Magazine Armory Electrum Bitparking BitPenny BTC Guild Phoenix Bitcoincharts.com Bitcoinexchangerate.org mobile wallets: CPU: Jgarzik Ufasoft trading + spending: Bitspend.net PayBit.co BTCPak.com Bitcoin Wallet BTCWarp CoinLab Protected Pool Blockchain.info Paytunia Eclipse Mining Consortium Horrible Horrendous TT FPGA: web wallets: MaxBTC FPGAminer WalletBit.com Blockchain.info NMCBIT BTCinstant.com BIPS Özco.in browser-based: giftsforcoins.com Coinbase BitJam KradMiner Infographics @ aNewDomain.net

How to Mine Your Own Bitcoin

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A beginner's guide to mining Bitcoins. Learn how to do everything from getting a Bitcoin wallet to choosing a mining platform.

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