My first experience with Steemit
Hi all,
My name is Alex but people call me Viking in real life (because im big, tall and have a beard). I live in london and work in the security sector but have recently decided to work less hours in favour of a some projects I am working on including one of my major hobbies, which is mining, trading and buying cryptocurrency. I will be very active on Steemit, writing articles several times a week on all things crypto (including mining, cloud mining, trading, investing, live updates and more as well as general useful apps and services.
I currently only have a couple mining rigs mining ethereum and burst, however I intend on purchasing several more and renting an office to work out of.
Please do give me give me a follow if you want to see updates on that project as well as regular updates on various crypto currencies.
I am extremely pleased to be part of Steemit and hope to make some friends here!
Viking
Gensis Mining: TWhLzU
Bitconnect: https://bitconnect.co/?ref=VlKlNG
I just headed down this rabbit hole myself @cryptoviking! The contract was first, followed by building my first rig, and now I'm on to getting a grasp of all of the different currencies.
Yeah I hear that, I have been messing around with crypto for about a year now but recently decided enough is enough. I wanted to get serious and start a small to mid sized mining farm.
I'm keeping my eyes out for newer tokens. I'm starting to doubt the effectiveness of mining for Ethereum at the current difficulty levels. I know this is a long term investment type thing and I need a token I can get volumes of vs 1 or 2 a week. How are you solving the current GPU shortage issue? I'm trying to build a second rig and everywhere I look they are sold out of cards.
yeah that one is a tough one. Ethereum is my favourite coin to farm, but it is true that the difficulty is making it less appealing. I believe in the coin's future so I will continue mining it, however if something comes out that is wildly outperforming eth then of course I will switch. If you are not aware of coinwarz, I would recommend you look there as they list the most cost effective currencies to mine. As for GPUs, I don't know where you are based, but in the UK i am still finding RX 4XX and 5XX cards.
We are sold out in the US and I am apt to not pay your VAT ;-)
Can't blame you there, VAT + shipping costs + import tax would destroy your ROI time. This might be an obvious one, but have you checked ebay? you might be able to find a few second hand RX470s at bargain prices from an upgrading gamer.
Thanks @cryptoviking! I will keep looking. I am more interested in seeing if one of these rigs can be transitioned into a DCP authoring system. Digital Cinema Package is the new gold standard for projection and it requires a ton of rendering power to create. I think once the mining is pointless I will retool the business model for doing that.
I am 50 years old and am very curious about mining. Can you write more for newbies?
I absolutely can! I will write a few articles in the coming few days about choosing a coin to mine, choosing equipment, configuring the software. I will do this for all operating systems.
That is fantastic. Thank you, I look forward to it.
I'll try to put a post together. Do you have anything specific about mining that you have questions on? Are you building a rig?
I am a complete beginner. Just reading on it now. If you were explaining it to a child would probably be as helpful to me and others.
I don't have any children and posts seem better with pictures right? @annettesirmans I'll try to do one as though I'm explaining it to my cat. Think that'll work?
Welcome aboard, Alex! Follow me at https://steemit.com/@bitgeek
Welcome to steemit @cryptoviking
I would LOVE to hear your stories about mining and trading cryptocurrencies! Hopefully you'll make a sweet profit!
I'm new to Steemit too and I'd love if you checked out my introduction post at https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@blaisep/hello-steemit-my-name-is-blaise
Thank you, I will check it out now!
Welcome mate! Check out the start of my introduction blog, we are complete opposite but we seem to mirror each other in humor! I've followed you as I'm very interested in learning about crypto. I'm a newbie also so hopefully you can check out my blog!
By the way guys thanks for up voting me it really helps out!
Welcome cryptoviking!
Thank you :)
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When I read that I inmediately thought about
Hahaa I remember that guy! I haven's seen that vid in ages! :D