Over the last few years, rsts11 has had a fair bit of cryptocurrency coverage. This page will aggregate it for folks who want to focus on that segment.

I’ve been in the crypto sphere since 2013, starting off with a couple of Antminer U2 Bitcoin asics, the ones that look like flash drives. Since then I’ve delved into ZCash, Litecoin, Siacoin, Verium, Monero, Raven, Conflux, Ethereum Classic, and a few others, settling into Ethereum for the most part.

Today I run about 18 GPUs mining Ethereum, occasionally moving around with one rig to test configs or newish coins.

I’m also farming Chia, the new proof-of-space-and-time coin from Bittorrent inventor Bram Cohen.

And mostly for conversation purposes, I’m running three Blockerupter USB miners like the Antminers from 2013, on a Rock64 SBC. Nine watts, and if it finds a block that’s almost $300,000. But there’s a better chance of Elon Musk showing up at my door with a 2022 Roadster for free, probably. (DM me on Twitter for my address, Elon.)

Here are some posts that you may find useful in your crypto adventure.

General cryptocurrency posts

• Getting Started with Cryptocurrency Mining – Building Your First Rig (2018, still relevant)
• Sidebar: Setting up your cryptocurrency wallet (2018, could use an update)
• Colin Quinn and the Art of Mining Rig Maintenance (2021)
• Quick Take: Different ways of acquiring cryptocurrency (2021)
• Quick Take: Is It Too Late To Get Into Crypto? (late 2021)

Chia-specific cryptocurrency posts (2021 unless otherwise noted)

• So you think you want to farm chia?
• Chia hardware starting points
• Building the Intel NUC Chia Plotter
• Frequently Ungoogled Chia Questions
• Chia update and frequently answered questions
• Increasing Chia farmer efficiency with Flexpool’s new ‘FlexFarmer’
• Three ways to build low profile Chia (and forks) nodes (2022)
• Revisiting Flexfarmer five months later – efficient Chia farming on Raspberry Pi and more (2022)

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