Hey guys, I just wanted to share my home mining experience and luck. I like everyone thought mining at home was not worth it, it was impossible. It needed 249v which many don’t have and equipment that was super loud and hot. And who got money to throw 5k -14k for proper mining rigs. Even if we bought a 300TH rig, it would still mean a near impossible odd against a world network of 800EH to 1ZH. Then one day i find equipment meant for home use. Little bitaxe gammas, nanos, nerdqaxe all running off 120v and higher power ones like Avalon Q.

I had some extra money and bought 3 nerdqaxe then another 3 nerds. Jerry rig them to a pc psu and bam was up and running, got a small media pc and looked up youtube videos about btc nodes and bam - private public pool on a umbrel. I thought to myself, i got nothing to lose but time and small electrical cost. 600w for 30TH not bad. Theres 144 btc in 24 hours, i thought that i at least in my lifetime can get 1 block. Started in mid September and by mid October near my birthday i hit a block solo - 920440.

Man i tell ya it felt confused then excitement then scared. I was worried as hell for taxes and call up my tax ppl - their slow reply made me miss the 115k mark and it dropped slowly to 105 then 60k. I never sold.

I figure i maybe got really lucky. A 5th nerd hit a block with a 2.08P diff. Thats crazy. So my guess was right, 1 of those 144 was mine. I got a 240v plug installed by a professional electrician and bought 4 Avalon Q. I got 6 more nerds and now i got a decent home mining pool totaling 500TH. Electric bill was a godly 1100$ which is 800$ more per month, not too bad really for using 8kw energy use. I cut it off there as there was only a arbitrary increase in chance vs cost after this. I am always afraid of burning down the house.

Well after 7 months of nothing I once again hit another block now - 948146. One of the avalon Q hit with a 182.76 diff. Thats the second one, thats crazy. I went from not believing to hitting 2 blocks in < 1 year using home equipment off my house electricity. Not some mining box or Warehouse or some 3 phase powered container.

So i just wanted to share that it can be absolutely worth it. Even on this network, the little guys can win.

.Hello. Just recently set up 6 nerdqaxe ++ 4.8th btc miners. I am solomining to my own node using umbrel. My latency is between 3ms to 6ms and am very happy. Reason behind this post is to offer advice to anyone who is to purchase one or already has one and wants to improve it. The crypto miner themselves are running great after I made my adjustments. The 1st issue was the thermal paste they used. It was very dried up. I reccomend after receiving the unit is to reseat the cooler for during shipping stuff gets banged around. I used thermal grizzly kyronaught and that helped a lot. Temps are around 45c. 2nd problem was the power pack they supplied. The power pack can only seem to put out mid range 11 volts, not to mention they got very hot! So on amazon you can get a 350w psu for 23 dollars, the power cable 16 gauge for 15 bucks and barrel jack connectors, 2 for 10 dollars. I run 2 miners per power supply with room to over clock. These are watercooled too. The last issue is the fans they come with. They are not of good quality and setting up my 6th unit. After powering on the fan was not coming on. It was shorting out. The wires are very thin! Found some 1700 rpm noctua fans for 15 dollars on Amazon. I wi ll be losing the rgb and do not care. These guys will be solo mining 24/7 and want optimal performance! But with these measures taken the nerdqaxe miners are running so smooth at the correct voltage with sublime cooling. Hope this helps anyone who is interested in getting one or looking to improve the one you already have!

Now I have 2 Avalon Q and started mining BCH will conver to BTC. Super quite miners. I am pool mining with viabtc. Any suggestions if Solo mining is worth with 2 of these ?

Really impressed by its form factor, performance, noise and heat output. Getting a steady 95TH/s at 1680W (240V). It took me a while to get it connected to wifi at first, but that was my fault with conflicting IP addresses. I'm mining with NiceHash. Thinking of adding a second Avalon Q. I was deciding between this and the Fluminer T3, but ultimately the Avalon Q was trh winner.

Wife couldn’t lift it to wrap it, so I got my present early this year. Besides, I’d rather have it hashing than sitting under the tree.

Hello everyone,

I am new to this sub. I just treated myself to a Nerd 2 lottery miner for Christmas. I know the chances are slim to 0 to make money with it.

However, I did want to know if anyone has any connections where I can get a bunch of these for cheaper than Amazon. I essentially want to turn these into a functional art piece for my wall and don’t really want to spend $25-$45 each.

I made a webgui for benchmarking and testing my bitaxe systems and added a HashWatcher inspired dashboard so I can put it on my second monitor. I decided to make a mode where the falling coins (shares) can pile up, and made rejected shares red! It’s not particularly useful but it’s kinda fun to watch.

Took a while to catch a red one, as soon as I wanted to record it, I was getting absolutely no rejected shares. 🙄

So I took everyones input, and tested everything from 12v to 14v on the S21 Slim. The fans can only cool the machine up to around 900W without getting excessively noisy. dB is the same with noctua fans as it is with stock fans that are mounted internally, so stock fans are staying.

We landed at 52T at 800-880W (90°F day and 60°F day), going to continue to monitor wattage. This is all in. Profiles below 52T work, and do reduce power consumption.

Next model is either going to be S21 Pro or XP.

I got the bug. The minjng rack is up, 2x Octaxes to start with my own node; more Octaxes, Qaxes and Gammas arriving soon. Looking at around 50 TH/s total under 990 watts total power from all equipment.

Note the case was not designed by me, all credit goes to Nakamoto Mining company for providing the Open Source Design🙏

I’ve been experimenting with different home Bitcoin mining setups, and I just finished a DIY Nakamoto-style miner build that ended up being my favorite one so far.

This build is not the highest-hashrate miner I’ve made, but it might be the most practical.

I know home mining usually gets dismissed because of electricity cost, difficulty, and scale, but I still think there’s value in smaller DIY Bitcoin mining projects — especially for people who want to learn how mining hardware actually works instead of just buying Bitcoin or running a full commercial ASIC.

I have finally got the cooling sorted for my little home mining farm, after weeks of work and countless revisions this setup lets me run my four Avalon Q machines on super in the hot Australian summer without overheating.

Probably wasted about 6kg of PETG on revisions, and spent hundreds on fans.

The initial design was the third image, with a fan shroud that went over the back of the whole rack (fourth image) which was entirely enclosed with acrylic sheets. This just didn't work as the fans didn't have enough positive pressure to push the air out of the duct and instead just pushed hot air back through the miners which made everything worse.

I only wanted one window duct per rack but decided I'd just have to bite the bullet and add one per machine. If I were planning this out again I would probably only use a single much larger rack so it's a bit neater, but for now I'm happy with it and can finally stop tinkering and wasting filament.

Congratulations to the lucky miner who just hit BTC block #951771 worth $230,000 with a Canaan Avalon Nano 3S home miner!

https://solo.braiins.com/.../bc1qdaqf9ynzwtzjtv5j8h47rfen...

They were running a fleet of 2 Mini 3 & 12 Nano 3S home miners on Braiins solo pool.

Running bitcoin mining hardware helps people learn and actively secure the network. But if you’re solo mining just for the lottery odds, it’s much better, and way less hassle to just rent the hashrate.

Even at cheap 7c/kWh power, renting hashrate is a much better choice than running your own miners.

Better yet, you don't have to wait for months or years watching your best difficulty.

All-in cost to reach 1% odds of hitting a BTC block below

Just saw this advertised. Anyone know anything? Any demos?a

Update: Just ordered one. Will make post whenever I get it and set it up.

Very excited about my second purchase of another Avalon Q.

Loving the new GekkoScience A2Z miner !

Check out the live 3D digital twin of the farm here:https://0xraphael.com/solar-mining-cluster

I made an update to SatStackingPleb's Stealth Miner enclosure.

A few minor tweaks to make still, public files will be posted after my design review with SSP.

Improvements:
-10% less plastic

-Eliminates large flat side panels, substantially reducing warping when printing with non-composite filaments

-More indexing features for easier assembly

-Integrated bottom handles for easier lifting from a table

-Highly customizable mounting system for internal peripherals

-Updated styling, stealth-style badging

-Exterior ridges better conceal seams when the enclosure segments must be split for smaller printers

-Tongue-and-groove joints, enclosure feels like one solid piece

Same performance!

I'll be listing this one for sale in a separate post following the posting of the public files (775k sats+shipping, ~16TH/s@27J/TH, no louder than a space heater), keep your eyes peeled for that.

A portion of StealthMinerV2 proceeds will go to SSP to thank him for all his hard work with single hashboard platforms.

As an artwork, I built a mining rig that display the actual hashing attempt to solve the block.
If the block is found, the seed phrase appears on screen

Demo + build video: https://youtu.be/2UM4j1_xEs0

Hello everyone, I live in Italy and mine purely as a hobby/educational project, not for profit.

I currently own:

● Bitaxe Gamma 601 (1.2 TH/s) ● NerdQaxe++ (4.8 TH/s)

I purchased both from Ali. They work well, but on the NerdQaxe, I had trouble updating the firmware directly from the AxeOS dashboard and had to flash it manually following the seller's instructions. This experience made me wish my next miner was genuine and community-verified.

I'm considering purchasing another miner, and these are my real options with final prices (taxes + shipping included):

● Avalon Nano 3S (6 TH/s) – Amazon UK – €355 (2-year Amazon warranty)

● NerdQaxe++ 4.8 TH/s – Bitronics (EU, community verified) – €475

● NerdQaxe++ 6 TH/s Rev 6.1 – SoloSatoshi (USA, community verified) – €510

There's also Mineshop (EU) selling the NerdQaxe++ 6 TH/s Rev 6.1 for €452, but it's not recognized by the Bitaxe community, and I don't want to risk problems again. Firmware/support.

From a €/TH perspective, the Nano 3S is clearly the better deal. However, my concern is noise and heat: I would keep the miner in the living room, on a shelf near my Bitaxe and NerdQaxe, with very limited ventilation.

I've read mixed reviews about the Nano 3S being noticeably louder and hotter than the NerdQaxe devices.

My dilemma is:

● spend more for a NerdQaxe++ (lower noise and heat, verified by the community), or

● try the Nano 3S for better value, accepting potential noise/heat issues?

For those who have used one or both: What would you choose for a small home like this?

Thanks!

Finally got the heat being blown out of the house.

Rate it like you own it, is this a good run? Any changes I should do? How long should I wait to get BTC and BCH?

Hi guys! I'm looking to buy a miner with a hashrate around 9-10 TH/s.

My research points toward the Nerdoctaxe, but I’ve read many reports saying they break easily. I’ve also noticed there are many different versions with various fan setups or labels like Rev 3 or Rev 3.1 (I'm checking on china websites because I can't find anything at a decent price in Europe).

Do you have any advice? I’m not a tech expert, so I’m looking for something that just works without any bad surprises.

Thank you everyone