Just a quick note that I have been unable to reach a couple of the people that have purchased a custom mining rig from me over the past few days. I need to be able to reach buyers so that I can gather mining pool worker credentials and some other information in order to set […]
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On mining profitability
November 15th, 2013 
CryptoBadger With the price of litecoin and bitcoin on the rise, I’ve received a tremendous amount of email over the past couple weeks from people wanting to know whether or not it’s “too late” to get into mining. Or how soon one can expect to break even on a new mining rig purchase. Or what my […]
PSA: Don’t use GPUs to mine Bitcoin!
October 21st, 2013 CryptoBadger With the recent price surge of Bitcoin, I’ve been getting a few messages from people asking about the viability of building a GPU-based rig to mine bitcoins directly. Don’t do that! GPU mining is only suitable for scrypt-based cryptocurrency (Litecoin, etc). If you’re interested in mining Bitcoin, then you absolutely must use ASIC hardware if […]
Undervolting in Linux via modified video BIOS
October 10th, 2013 CryptoBadger For a long time, I’ve held off on writing a guide about modifying your video BIOS for the purpose of lowering voltage. Undervolting has the potential to reduce power draw by about 50 watts per GPU, so it’s easy to understand the appeal—you’ll see a significant savings on your electricity bill if you’re running a […]
AMD 7990 GPUs available at Amazon
June 15th, 2013 CryptoBadger Amazon has some of the new Radeon 7990 video cards available. These behemoths are essentially two 7970 GPUs on one card, but require less power than two individual 7970s. That package should make it quite a good choice for cryptocurrency mining, if you can stomach the price tag (although it currently comes with vouchers for […]
CryptoBadger’s custom mining rigs for sale!
June 5th, 2013 CryptoBadger Several of you have contacted me to ask about buying pre-assembled mining rigs over the past couple months. Some people don’t have the time and/or confidence to build their own, and would rather buy something that they can just plug in and have work so they can get into mining without the potential installation headaches. Up […]
WeMineLTC litecoin pool possibly underpaying miners
May 28th, 2013 CryptoBadger If you use WeMineLTC as your litecoin mining pool, you should take a careful look at your earnings. There have been an increasing number of reports from miners that the pool is underpaying by ~30%, either because the operators are intentionally skimming, or because the pool is misconfigured. You can read more in this Reddit […]
The altcoin explosion… and how to profit from it
May 6th, 2013 CryptoBadger If you’re following the cryptocurrency mining scene at all, you’ve probably noticed that there are digital currencies other than Bitcoin and Litecoin. Quite a few of them, actually. Bytecoin, Terracoin, PPCoin, Feathercoin, Freicoin, Novacoin… the list goes on and on, and it seems like there is a new addition weekly. The sad reality is that […]
Build your own Litecoin Mining Rig, part 4: Optimization
April 22nd, 2013 CryptoBadger This fourth installment of our litecoin mining guide will focus on getting the most out of your hardware—finding the sweet spot between maximum performance and acceptable power usage (and noise/heat generation!). The tweaks that I outline in this article are applicable whether you’re using Linux or Windows. If you’re using the hardware that was recommended […]
Build your own Litecoin Mining Rig, part 3: Windows Setup
April 20th, 2013 CryptoBadger By now you’ve probably seen our Linux Litecoin mining setup guide (and hopefully the hardware guide that preceded it). Perhaps you’ve decided that Linux just doesn’t seem like your cup of tea. If Windows is more your thing, you’re in luck—this guide is for you. Let me just reiterate that for most people, Linux is […]
