If you want to get a device to learn about Bitcoin mining this is a great device. The Block Erupter as I said takes about 150 days to recoup the money spent on it ($27 at the time of this article with the Bitcoin trading at $130). I wanted to test how easy it was to make money from the Bitcoin network, and my GPU was too slow to get a good statistical analysis, not to mention it took up WAYYYY too much power. It is however MUCH more efficient than a GPU, CPU, FPGA, and most other ASIC devices when compared to their power usage.
This device is not able to make money for you at this point in the Bitcoin age. I have not tested by how much the lifespan will increase but a 30 degree Celsius drop from 86 to 56 degrees would prolong any piece of electronics useful life. If you intend on getting one of these devices, adding a heatsync with some thermal paste will increase its lifespan drastically. 4 watts (a 20% decrease) most likely due to the temperature drop in the voltage regulator, increasing its efficiency and wasting less power in heat. Power cost per month: 19 cents (about 1 KW hour)Īfter adding a heatsync to the USB Block Erupter, it used less power by.BTC per day: not given (varies based on pool) I use BitMinter and just plugged two (one at a time) block erupters into my laptop, once they were installed properly, I did a port scan in BitMinter and was up and running with no issues, only took but a minute or two.
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