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72 sats \ 8 replies \ @optimism 5h \ parent \ on: Hindsight bitcoin

Starlink ... an initial cost of ~$700 and a monthly cost of $140

This ought to go down at some point. What's he using for internet connectivity now?

the other metric that doesn't work in his favor is that hash rate continues to climb

This may end at some point soon: #1322732

At the moment he just uses his phones internet service when he's at home. I'm sure Starlink will get some competitors at some point.

100 sats \ 6 replies \ @jasonb OP 5h

I tried very unsuccessfully mining from my internet hotspot in an airport earlier this year. Haha

150 sats \ 4 replies \ @OT 4h

Yeah, it might work for short periods of time. I don't think it would work for his situation.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @jasonb OP 3h

Oh yeah, no, I just share because it was a silly experiment. I think the idea of hooking like 8 s19s up to vonnets converters and mining from a hotspot is hilarious though.

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 4h

I've put collect stats for stratum over LTE on my TODO. The great thing about remote/rural cells is that they don't often get into a state where subscriber balancing is needed, like what you'd have in an urban area with lots of traffic, so it can be pretty reliable (depending on the provider's effort of course.)

150 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 4h

I have no idea what that means. Lol

He's up on a hill so I'd like to try to see if we can connect via mesh. He's about 20-30km away. If it works we could try mining and see how much up time it keeps.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 4h

So cell networks work in... cells. The cells have a fixed capacity. If you live in a rural area cell reliability is more constant than in an urban place where everyone moves in and out of the area all the time. But for example a busy highway close by can change that completely.

I've had places where I had super reliable cell service, mostly at the edges of suburban though, and never with AT&T or Telefonica lol.

Mesh is cool!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 4h

Airport public WiFi isn't a thing of course. I've done stratum over LTE easily. Filling a mempool over LTE is harder.