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Yes, already planning to do that on some other hardware. Have downloaded TrueNAS scale already... thanks for watching.

Hi mate, Unfortunately not. If you have a look at my later videos you will see that due to poor XCH price and increasing UK electricity costs, I have deactivated my CHIA farm. The other reason for this is that I want to wait and see what the new consensus algorithm and associated plot format look like and their hardware requirements. I made the decision to not make any further investment in time or hardware until these details are in play, especially with the information that suggests SSD technology may be their primary focus. Kudos to you for continuing to explore with CHIA. Not sure what CHIA content providers are still out there - but you may find something in the archives to help you on Digital Spaceport channel with regards high compression plots. Thanks for watching.

Hi, good to hear you are earning well on Salad. I would imagine you have a decent 30 series GPU? What are you earnings over 24 hours? Are you getting GPU or CPU workloads supplied to you? Thanks for watching.

@@crypto-carlos 5 machines, mostly 30 series low to top except one 4090, right now 10 $ / day average.

Yeah...i bet the 4090 is making most of that $10. Do you have a 3060? If so what is that getting per day?

@@crypto-carlos not really, now most profitable is 3090 but I guess it is a bit of luck involved, 3060 1.60$ / day.

I believe they said they would get either the same or a portion of the remaining airdrop pot. If you go to domeshot.io it should have the details there. Thanks for watching.

Thats great to hear. Glad you got your tokens. Thanks for watching.

Hi, only shutting down my CHIA operation, which was my only operation to be fair. Should have diversified a lot more. Will still be making content of some sort or another and hope you will stick around to watch. Mainly investigating AI Compute options like Salad and VAST, also STORJ and possibly even a reverse back to spec mining initially. Plus anything else that surfaces and seems worth investigating. As for the TH-cam algorithm...I am very surprised it is still suggesting me to viewers. Whenever one of my videos starts to get traction, they pull it and the graph falls off a cliff. Every time, and it's a re-occurring theme that is past coincidence now. Really wish YT had some competitors out there to make them start to treat all content providers the same. Many thanks for watching mate.

@@crypto-carlos Most people seem to be spec mining on MMX. If you have SSD space Subspace is launching mainnet soon.

Feel your pain mate. We all hate our energy companies. Thanks for watching.

Yep - I bet British Gas had record profits as usual. It was better in the days when they had competition. They got rid of all that with the government and watchdogs help.

39c? Wow. Surprised you can run 5 GPU at that price. Looking into a lot of AI stuff. More Salad, VAST AI and have signed up for phase 2 of 'hyperlink'. Good to hear your broadband is upgrading. Might be worth trying solo mining once its active. Better chance of getting blocks? Thanks for watching.

No worries mate. Everybody is busy with their own lives. don't expect people to drop what they are doing to comment on my channel. Sorry to hear about your Evergreen purchase. It seemed like a good idea to a lot of us at the time. I am not going anywhere for the moment. Looking to see If there is anything I can offer of value to my subscribers now that CHIA is off. Thanks for watching.

Yeah, it is a shame that prices are being controlled and unjustifiably increased by OFCOM as and when they wish. If I hear another person say 'Net Zero targets' again....

That's good to hear. I will endeavour to provide useful information going forward. Thanks for watching.

The bigger channels are surviving in the crypto scene but they have ridiculous electricity costs of 7 - 8c per kw/h, so profit still available to them. Your channel can survive If you have sponsorship and can get those sponsors to give you a plethora of freebies for your own use and to offer as giveaways. Just look at Red Panda, Hobbyist Miner, Sebs Fintech channel for starters... they will always survive getting their hands on so much free hardware. Have got a few things to look at as potential new projects, it's whether anybody will be interested in watching videos about them. Will just have to see. Thanks for watching.

Sorry to hear you have had to make a similar decision. Its not good when you have to. It's hard to turn-off something you have built, putting time and pride into its creation, maintenance and growth. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching.

Yes, A lot of farmers are losing confidence in CHIA. I see a lot of it in the discord. Large PB farmers not wanting to replot again with the change to the plot format and consensus algorithm, the depleting pre-farm and the more frequent sales of it, the lousy XCH price etc. etc. Brian Freeman made the right choice getting out when he did. Definitely worth looking at other proof of space projects should they arise. Thanks as always for watching.

Yes, STORJ is what I intend to look at first. Need to investigate exactly what data they are storing and in what format. It looks like they incentivise you to stay with them longer by holding certain portions of your pay-outs. Might be a nightmare to setup, not sure yet but will let you all know how my investigation goes. Thanks as always for watching.

I haven't tried many cases but out of the CIT and the MSI Velox 200R, I prefer the Velox. Its bigger, has the great GPU riser bracket and the easy access tempered glass side panel. Not a fan of some of the cables but you can make ot work as can be seen in my Dell Optiplex 9020 SFF case conversion video. Thanks for watching.

@@crypto-carlos thanks man

That's great..thanks for the info. Going to be a while before this gets fired up as waiting for the introduction of the new plot formats. Thanks for watching.

Lots of reasons really... I know a lot of crypto miners make open air CPU and Salad rigs like Red Psnda and Rabid, but I prefer keeping cabling tidy, being able to control heat dissipation. There are also fire safety concerns with dust if you are a residential miner. Plus, i might want to use these pc's for other things in the future so portability is a big factor. Thsnks for watching.

Am sorry but do not understand the question... Are you talking about memory, GPU?

@@crypto-carlos I was wondering what graphics drive I could use that’s high performance

Bit difficult to advise on that as I haven't got a 3020 I have a T3620 precision with a 3060Ti working ok inside. As long as the motherboard has a 16x pci-e lane and your PSU can supply the required power, you may be able to put a 40 series in, but I would not know if it would work. Hope that helps.

Yes, could definately add more compressed plots on drives but CNI need to give more information on their new plot fornats. Looks like they are going to focus more on compression for SSD'S than HDD's , which is dissapointing after you have invested so much. Bet Brian Frreman is glad he sold his massive HDD farm now. With the CHIA price as it is at the moment, and its uncertain future (dipping into the pre-farm seems to be occurring more frequent and it can only last so long), I certainly won't be investing anything for the foreseeable future. Going to look at diversifying into other long term areas like STORJ. Thanks for watching.

@@crypto-carlos yes its a shame imo how chia devoloped over the last year. hear a lot of bad things about it, from good sources. the project was so cool. pure hdd farming, now its again another GPU coin. Well the hdd's wasnt a waste for me, i build a unraid fileserver from it. and i knew this could happen, so i dont realy see it as money loss. Needed a fileserver anyway somewhere down the road. I just wanted to see it continue a bit longer as hdd coin sort of speak instead of turning it into a gpu power coin :(

From what they are saying the new plot formats won't need GPU for harvesting. Probably just for plotting. We will have to wait and see. Good you could put your drives to another use.

@@crypto-carlos yeah that was sort of my fail safe for this project. hdd's are always welcome to have. to much GPU's on the other hand....

Yes, I agree with you there. News of some great advancements in SSD technology coming out from the big players. Timing of the CNI announcement to support SSD's better than HDD's in the plot format rewrite, suspicious to me.

Not sure... but they seem to be pushing the SSD route more than normal. Did notice a CNI TH-cam short come out the other day with excerpts from Bram's dialogue in the July Tech Talk... funny to see some emphasis on the section where he mentions HDD support. I can't believe they buried this announcement in the July Tech,Talk, without any indication it was going to be discussed. Surely, they realise it is something all farmers would think a priority for highlighting? Definitely think it did not get enough concentrated exposure. Hence my video.

@@crypto-carlos CNI is probably afraid that the farmers that are over committed after the buy my used datacentre drives, might cut their losses. Which would drop a big % of nodes off the network. Just my 2c on the behaviour.

Sadly I was not around to see those days, but I am sure they were very brief anyway. Profitability is possible today but it comes down to what country you are in, electric costs, plot format and compression level, your hardware setup and how you configure it. In th Uk, with high European electricity costs, my choice of compression level and my choice of mixed hardware setups, I am far from profitability. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for your informative comment. Although I have used MadMax in the past, I have never kept in the loop with his developments. Time to change that. Thanks for watching.

They definately spoke about prioritizing the HD plot format, just not with the same level of compression support as SSD. Thanks for watching

None of us know what to do mate. You have to make the right decision for yourself at the moment. With the new plot format coming, I am sticking with what I have at C7. Who knows what this new format will be, what drives we will need, whether compression or GPU's will come into it? Not investing in any further hardware, drives or GPU at present until we know more. With the price so low at the moment the only people making profit will be those at high compression levels, but we know from what Gene has said that the plot filter change may jave affected them. I have yet to hear from the farmers who were telling me to switch to C15 or C30 if they had issues. All i can say is that I hope we all continue to support Chia through these bad times, and maybe, just maybe the good times will come again. Thanks for watching.

@@crypto-carlos Thanks for your great thoughts on my question.

It would be a boring world if everyone followed convention

@@crypto-carlos Methinks people are going to miss boring soon... 😼

Glad it,was helpful and thanks for watching.

Yeah...you are missing the point here.... Not buying,any new hardware, it was a video about utilising existing, dormant hardware...which the Dell is at present. Would love to have the cash to splurge on new kit, but sadly not. If you have some spare- send it my way 😂 thanks for watching.

@@crypto-carlos oh I got ya. Good luck. Ebay is your best friend. 😉

The referral code from my chia rig? Where would I find that and how is it acceptable by unminable? Thanks for watching.

@@crypto-carlos in Unmineable there is a referral code - when you go to unmineable on your chia rig you can paste your referral code. On the Main page of Unmineable look for this section "If you have a Referral Code you can lower your mining fee to 0.75% , just add it after your worker name, separated by a # symbol:"

Thanks for the info. Will definately have a look at folding@home. Not sure if anyone is mining Kaspa on GPU rigs anymore, maybe in the US with a low electricity rate? Lots of power needed with little return. With Ice River bringing out bigger and better Asics all the time, its going to squash the little miner out with the hashrate increase. Thanks for watching

@@crypto-carlos I think defi-django has a mad-sized GPU farm mining KASPA and Kawpow. Yeah science crunching is my game Folding and BOINC projects but no profit. My electronics teacher in high school introduced me to the concept

I don't know any reputable resellers in China. Enlighten me..

Yes, I have but in the majority of cases they wanted KYC, government id. Not saying it can't be done, but have not identified a secure way of purchssing crypto from here in the UK yet, unless we use UK Coinbase. I have used successful combo of Tradeogre and Coinbase a few years back before the UK gov got their hands on it. Thanks for watching.

A wide variety... Core wallets for KASPA (KDX), Meow coin, and NEOXA. Exodus for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, RTM. I also have some other crypto in Guarda, Atomic, Zelcore and the Pirate chain desktop wallet. Thanks for watching.

Well I am glad I explained things clearly. I find some of the tutorials too complicated to understand so that is why I made this one to help others. It is over a year old, so hope the process is still relevant! Thanks for watching.

Yeah...and as I have said many times before mate, I am sticking with CHIA standard software, especially until I know what is happening with the plot filter change . Not going to re-plot again if i can help it. Thanks for watching.

@@crypto-carlos Chia software have a deal with Dr plotter :)

The machine has been a CHIA node/harvester from new. No other software or processes running. Everything has been uninstalled or disabled if not required. Memory, GPU utilization etc. Is minimal. The C7 harvester GRResult memory issue is well documented and experienced and reported by many in various forums. Apparently never addressed by developers. Thanks for your comment and for watching.

Hi, and thanks for a great comment. Going to be quite a long reply though, so bear with me... I don't think you are necessarily talking just about XCH. It is the same mining any crypto, especially in the UK with our high electricity costs. From a personal perspective, it is not just about 'instant' profit for me. Yes. it would be correct to say that buying XCH would be a better option at present, but that attracts unwanted scrutiny. Also, I like to look at the bigger picture. I don't know If you have seen Gene Hoffman's interview with Brian Freeman recently, but if you did, you would have recognised that here is a CEO who knows his product inside out, more knowledgeable and confident than Elon Musk with any of his presentations that I have witnessed. Listening to the history and plans for the product were nothing more than awe inspiring. I certainly want to make sure that I have a growing infrastructure for this coin, so that in the event of something good happening, I am there to reap the benefits. I certainly don't want to be one of those people who didn't invest in Bitcoin when it was $2. And I say Bitcoin purposely, because the XCH blockchain has the potential to offer much more, and it only can do so with the support of the community of Nodes and Farmers. On another note, buying XCH doesn't teach you anything. I may be in my fifties but I still yearn for knowledge and technical challenges, and looking after my mini data centre fulfils that. It's a great feeling when you let nothing beat you. We are all built differently, and this is just the way I work. I haven't spent anywhere near ten grand on my infrastructure. Every bit is EBay…unloved e-waste put to good use, and in a sustainable and (as efficient as possible) manner. Thanks for the offer of the GTX1050's, but my next video will explain the experiments that I have been conducting recently and what I have in place now. Many thanks for watching.

Hi, as much as I would like to help, this guide is only for the ReadyNAS 2100 V2. I have never seen an Ultra or know anything about its OS support. Your best bet is the NetGear forums where you can search for help on upgrading that model, if possible. Thanks for watching.

@@crypto-carlos Ok I already solved it. is in the waste container.

Yep - big shout out to Luke Machen for creating this script. So useful to all of us.

These types of statements keep coming up so I will address here and hopefully my thoughts on the subject will be respected... Firstly, I am not against any of these technologies, apart from the fact they move away from decentralization. In fact I may explore several of the up and coming versions of each as 'extensions' to my main farm. I am not one to put all my eggs in one basket, so there will always be a larger part of my farm based on what CHIA software provides. My main focus at the moment is to complete my current farm with the addition of a further six drives, some alterations to hardware and operating systems. Once that is completed then I can explore these other technologies as the extensions I mentioned above, which will require additional investment that I do not currently have. Thanks for watching.

ok, will se the next hard fork of Chia plots... in June@@crypto-carlos

Yes, not a lot of information coming out yet about that, but from what I hear it will affect all of us. Very concerning about the potential loss of earnings the higher your compression level is. Will we all fall back to C0 and CPU harvesting? It's going to be an interesting and stressful couple of months wait...

@wazuma Yep, seen the log entries - I am getting it every 4 - 5 days too. Difficult to know whether to jump ship from Windows-based harvesting now, and solve the issue, or wait to see what happens in June with the hard-fork, which could potentially be an end to harvesting compressed plots for me.

@@crypto-carlos it's not a windows issue. I had it on Linux. It's a bladebit compressed GPU farm issue. There is a workaround to it where you let a script monitor your log file and when the GRResult occurs you restart the harvester. But I wanted to make use of the much higher gigahorse compression anyways. And when the Devs can't fix a game breaking issue like that in a timely manner, I have no problem giving 3% of my rewards to max for his superb software. I'm really looking forward to the hardfork and the new plot filter to level the playing field for all farmers. I love the low energy consumption of PoST and compressed plots are only partly a step in the right direction (in my opinion).

Apologies, I wasn't aware that it was a Linux issue also. Discussions on the SpacePool discord were suggesting that a Linux harvester was the only way to get around this problem. As you say, not very good of the developers to ignore this issue for so long, especially as so many of us faithful CHIA farmers have invested time, money and energy in Bladebit plotting. I am going to write some software to deal with the issue for the moment and see what happens in June at the hard-fork...

If only I had time mate... As you have probably seen from my previous videos I have steered away from GPU mining now and are concentrating on CHIA for the time being. That being said, I still have some of the hardware and may visit some new minable coins with it, but not ETH or ETC. Thanks for watching.