Computer equipment: The most cost-prohibitive aspect of Bitcoin mining involves the hardware. You’ll need a powerful computer that uses an enormous amount of electricity in order to successfully mine Bitcoin. It’s not uncommon for the hardware costs to run around $10,000 or more .
Read moreIs mining at home profitable?
Home-Based Crypto Mining Profitability With a normal PC, this could generate anywhere from less than a penny to around a dollar a day on the high end ($0.0001 – $1 USD) . If you’re a gamer with a fast GPU-powered PC, you could generate $1 – $10 a day, or maybe more.
Read moreHow do I start solo mining?
For someone to mine solo, one must first create a full node and communicate directly with the blockchain . This is what mining pools actually do. Mining pool operators will set up a bitcoin node (or any other cryptocurrency’s node) and act as a single miner. Only that this miner will have absurdly high hashing power.
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