A Mastermind Discovered Mining Cryptocurrency in School Ventilation Shaft

What a huge Ball Sack move. You got the Balls and the you just Go For It? And what the Heck is Cryptocurrency? Magical Digital Data?

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/crypto-mining-operation-draining-us-18-000-in-electricity-discovered-in-school-crawl-space-20230225-p5cnjk.html

In the above Sydney Morning Herald Article-

Cohasset, Massachusetts: A former (Mastermind) employee of a Massachusetts town is facing charges of allegedly setting up a secret cryptocurrency mining operation in a remote crawl space at a school, police said.

Nadeam Nahas, 39, was arraigned on Thursday on charges of fraudulent use of electricity and vandalising a school, but he did not show up…

Rows of Computers! Giant Ball Sack! Somehow linked up to calculate super fast calculations to run his very own Dog and Pony Cryptocurrency Mining Operation. Man, who does that? Are other Masterminds all across the World jumping on the super fast track to Money to Steal what you think you got. Money in Cryptocurrency one minute, gone the next.

Is crypto Mining Legal?

Within the U.S., buying and selling Bitcoin is legal in every state, and Bitcoin mining is almost always legal for individuals. Organizations can also legally buy, sell, trade, hold, and mine Bitcoin, but they may have to comply with additional local, state, or federal regulations.

What is cryptocurrency mining?

(CRYPTOcurrency mining) The competitive process that verifies and adds new transactions to the blockchain for a cryptocurrency that uses the proof-of-work (PoW) method. The miner that wins the competition is rewarded with some amount of the currency and/or transaction fees.

How long does it take to mine 1 Bitcoin?

about 10 minutes

So the network raises the difficulty of slowing down block production. With today’s difficulty rate but much more advanced systems, it may take a solo miner about 10 minutes to mine one bitcoin. The average rate for most miners, however, stands at 30 days.

Explaining crypto mining for dummies?

Cryptocurrency mining is a process of creating new digital “coins.” However, that is as far as simplicity goes. The process of recovering these coins requires solving complex puzzles, validating cryptocurrency transactions on a blockchain network and adding them to a distributed ledger to locate them.

How do you start mining crypto from scratch?

Once you’re ready to start mining crypto, here are the steps to follow.

  1. Choose a cryptocurrency to mine. There are many cryptocurrencies you can mine, but not all of them use this method to verify transactions. …
  2. Buy your mining equipment. …
  3. Set up a crypto wallet. …
  4. Configure your mining device. …
  5. Join a mining pool.

And away you go. But these Machines take a ton of electricity. In some Cases, enough electricity to run Houston or Dallas or San Antonio or El Paso or Ft. Worth here in Texas. Large Operations are Electricity Driven and Texas opened its Arms to World Trade in Cryptocurrency. Opps! There goes your Electric Grid. Rolling Blackouts to keep Crypto Going. And these World Players are still building more Operations faster than they are Building New Ways to make Electricity.

Why China’s crypto cowboys are fleeing to Texas?

China’s ongoing regulatory crackdown on bitcoin miners now outweighs the local economic incentives, the hydropower subsidies that made bitcoin mining so profitable in China. So those Chinese companies are moving to Texas and competing with American bitcoin companies like Riot Blockchain.

Mining facilities often are located near wind and solar farms that provide access to cheap electricity prices, such as in remote areas of West Texas. They are sucking up the Cheapest Electricity. Nice! And China lives That! They are involved. Big Time!

ERCOT sent a memo to market participants in March notifying them about a new interim process that requires reliability studies to be submitted and approved before interconnecting large loads to the grid.

https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/fiscal-notes/2022/aug/crypto-tx.php#:~:text=Texas%20has%20about%2010%20large,to%20state%20and%20industry%20officials.

Texas is the great land of fast Money! But Betting lags way behind. ? Las Vegas

Besides lots of Great Computer with Graphics, you’re gonna need to download a Mining Program and Join a Mining Pool.

A mining program can be found by doing an internet search. There are many programs available, ranging from free to paid, depending on your needs. Some of the more popular mining programs include BitMinter, CGMiner, Awesome Miner and NiceHash.

There are many mining pools to choose from. Some popular options include AntPool, F2Pool, Slush Pool, and BTC.com. You can find their websites online and sign up for an account.

One Computer?

No, it is not possible to use a single computer to do crypto mining. Crypto mining is a process that requires the use of multiple computers connected to the same network that are constantly working together to solve complex equations to generate and validate new crypto coins. As such, a single computer is not powerful enough to power the entire network, and would not be able to produce the amount of computing power necessary to generate new coins.

How much does a crypto mining computer cost?

Comparing the Best Bitcoin Miner Hardware

Bitcoin Mining HardwareHashpowerPrice
AvalonMiner A1166 Pro81TH/s$1,550
AvalonMiner 124690Th/s$3,890
WhatsMiner M30S++112TH/s±5%$3,890
WhatsMiner M32-62T62TH/s +/- 5$1,100

There’s a Cryptocurrency Mining Rig with Gpus online on EBay selling for $13,000 plus $200 Shipping.

Here’s a pic of it-

Damn, that’s a lot of dinero for such a small gadget.

What is Gpus?

GPUs (graphics processing units) are specialized computers designed to process large amounts of data quickly and accurately. They are often used in cryptocurrency mining rigs to mine for coins and tokens. GPUs offer a combination of speed and computational power which is needed by miners to solve complex mathematical problems and verify transactions on the cryptocurrency network. Additionally, GPUs can be used to build large mining pools which can increase rewards.

20 Best Books for Cryptocurrency Mining?

https://bookauthority.org/books/beginner-bitcoin-mining-books