Weekly wins and losses thread

Hot take incoming: second-hand M60 prices near me make repair skills worth more than new hardware. Anyone tried the opposite?

Hot take incoming: pool fees look small until you count payout friction on top. Would you do it differently?

Not sure I buy that. pool fees look small until you count payout friction on top.

Reading this from {place}, heat reuse in my flat is what makes the maths work for me in winter. Am I missing something obvious?

Not sure I buy that. undervolting bought me 12% efficiency for a small hashrate haircut, and I'd do it again.

Strong disagree with the last reply — pool fees look small until you count payout friction on top. What's everyone else seeing?

For what it's worth, cable temperature is the diagnostic nobody checks. Warm connectors are wasted watts. What's your setup?

This matches my experience. firmware updates over USB first, OTA only after you trust the supply. Learned the hard way.

Same here honestly. firmware updates over USB first, OTA only after you trust the supply. Learned the hard way.

Hot take incoming: renting hashrate for BTC taught me more in 2 hours than a month of reading.

Been thinking about this all week. the energy argument lands better with a greenhouse tour than a statistic.

Reading this from {place}, swapping a tired PSU for a platinum unit beat every clever tweak I'd tried. Numbers welcome.

Late to this one but a small test rental before committing has saved me twice now — watch the shares land at your own pool first. What's your setup?

Second this. the best mining alpha left is patience plus a boring power contract.

Genuine question first: running a node changed how I think about the whole stack, mining included. Convince me otherwise.

For what it's worth, my spreadsheet says stop; the basement full of warm hashboards says continue. What's your setup?

Late to this one but the energy argument lands better with a greenhouse tour than a statistic. Anyone tried the opposite?

Same here honestly. the noise problem is solved by distance, not gadgets. my flat was the real fix. Curious what the group thinks.

Been thinking about this all week. the best mining alpha left is patience plus a boring power contract. What's your setup?

My spreadsheet says stop; a shed full of warm hashboards says continue.