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Jr. MemberActivity: 46Merit: 1 the first miners August 08, 2012, 01:51:38 PM Merited by elianite (1) #1 I'm curious to know who, back in 2009 was mining and how many bitcoins could you mine per day with an average personal computer?

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LegendaryActivity: 1027Merit: 1005 Re: the first miners August 08, 2012, 04:32:36 PM #4 This seems like an interesting thread.



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Jr. MemberActivity: 46Merit: 1 Re: the first miners August 09, 2012, 02:58:01 AM #6 Quote from: Raize on August 08, 2012, 06:37:44 PM



Quote from: blazing on August 08, 2012, 01:57:48 PM What made you decide to start mining?



I'll be honest, it was greed. Also, part of it was having the opportunity to be part of something new, but in the end I ended up stopping, so I can't say either really convinced me all that much.

I mined 100 BTC in a few days in late 2009 using two or three computers (the same one built both blocks) I was previously using for SETI@home. I don't remember their specs, but they weren't anything special. I actually stopped because they were using significant amounts of power to generate something that didn't seem to have any purpose or value, and went back to SETI@home.I'll be honest, it was greed. Also, part of it was having the opportunity to be part of something new, but in the end I ended up stopping, so I can't say either really convinced me all that much.

How much could the coins be sold for at that time? Surely it was not greed for money.... How much could the coins be sold for at that time? Surely it was not greed for money....

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Sr. MemberActivity: 336Merit: 250 Re: the first miners August 09, 2012, 06:17:26 AM #8



Wish I'd put some more cards on it at the time, in retrospect I didn't find bitcoin until early 2011, but I remember my 6970 was making several BTC per day, and that still wasn't enough money for it to be deeply interesting.Wish I'd put some more cards on it at the time, in retrospect

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Full MemberActivity: 188Merit: 100 Re: the first miners August 10, 2012, 06:44:30 PM #12 a friend of mine told me about btc around 2010, i downloaded the client by then but got bored to try mining. I didnt think bitcoin was something useful to care about. Silly me...

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LegendaryActivity: 1918Merit: 1000Mining hardware dev and reviewer. Re: the first miners August 11, 2012, 12:11:28 AM #13 Quote from: stepkrav on August 10, 2012, 06:44:30 PM a friend of mine told me about btc around 2010, i downloaded the client by then but got bored to try mining. I didnt think bitcoin was something useful to care about. Silly me...

I read an article in Slashdot in late 2010, downloaded the client, and didn't care much, since the client was not able to connect to the network behind my workplace firewall.

Then I read on slickdeals.net forum that 5830 was flying off the shelves in Jun 2011 because of mining. The rang my bell! And soon I ordered 3 6950 GPUs and got into the race. Unfortunately the difficulty was sky high last summer, but each bitcoin was selling around $20, so it seemed lucrative. I read an article in Slashdot in late 2010, downloaded the client, and didn't care much, since the client was not able to connect to the network behind my workplace firewall.Then I read on slickdeals.net forum that 5830 was flying off the shelves in Jun 2011 because of mining. The rang my bell! And soon I ordered 3 6950 GPUs and got into the race. Unfortunately the difficulty was sky high last summer, but each bitcoin was selling around $20, so it seemed lucrative. Looking to review Bitcoin / Crypto mining Hardware.

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LegendaryActivity: 1792Merit: 1001 Re: the first miners August 11, 2012, 05:25:42 AM #14 In 2010 i down'd the client and played around. Did not mine any blocks though for the effort.

In may-june 2011 went all in and bought 2000 in hardware to mine with and it has been huge success.

Just steady selling. Don't bother time the market. Great return on investment and starting to get better again.

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Hero MemberActivity: 533Merit: 500 Re: the first miners September 05, 2012, 11:06:53 PM #16 Indeed. Makes me curious about the "old days" as well. Started in Nov. '11 myself so I'm quite late to the fun. Oh, to have known what it would've become back when you could buy coins for a penny or less! But hey, the same is said with every great investment or such and not all of them always pan out. Oh Loaded, who art up in Mt. Gox, hallowed be thy name! Thy dollars rain, thy will be done, on BTCUSD. Give us this day our daily 10% 30%, and forgive the bears, as we have bought their bitcoins. And lead us into quadruple digits

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LegendaryActivity: 1792Merit: 1001 Re: the first miners September 05, 2012, 11:08:55 PM #17 Quote from: The-Real-Link on September 05, 2012, 11:06:53 PM Indeed. Makes me curious about the "old days" as well. Started in Nov. '11 myself so I'm quite late to the fun. Oh, to have known what it would've become back when you could buy coins for a penny or less! But hey, the same is said with every great investment or such and not all of them always pan out.



Right now is so much better then six months ago... Enjoy the price above 10

With diff only climbing slowly it is still good times. Right now is so much better then six months ago... Enjoy the price above 10With diff only climbing slowly it is still good times.