Hi, I was wondering if there was an app that let me do micro-mining with my pc for or laptop for instance, and receive sats on lightning network. I know it probably isn't worth it, but I'd like to yet. is there something out there?
10 sats \ 1 reply \ @nerd2ninja 25 Nov 2022
Well you won't get lightning network sats from mining, but have you thought about using an ASIC to heat your water? Mining Bitcoin to heat things in general really.
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15 sats \ 0 replies \ @MadJewel OP 25 Nov 2022
yeah i know, i thought there might be a service that takes my hashes to the mainchain and stream back ln sats minus fees.
i mined with asic once, but i live in a hot country, it might be feasible but i don't have the resources for that kind of operation right now anyway
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @earnbitcoin 27 Nov 2022
You will likely fry your laptop running a GPU miner. There's Cudo Miner if you wanted to try though. I can't imaging you'ld earn anything more than some pocket change worth less than a dollar over the course a month. I don't know if they have LN for payments, either.
Essentially, there's no free lunch out there.
There are ways to earn sats ... using your attention. "Play to earn" is a category of "games" (which are effectively ad-serving platforms which serve some marginally entertaining game in between ads). These can vary from simply investing your time, to where your involvement involves paying in for a chance to increase returns ("pay-to-play-to-earn).
And then there's apps that essentially harvest data from your phone (e.g., location) and you earn some tiny amount. Honeygain is one such app, where you can install the app and simply earn as it runs. However, the app is collecting information on you and your device as it runs.
Here's an article which describes these and many other methods to earn bitcoin:
Freelancing platforms which pay in Bitcoin, and other ways to earn bitcoin.
https://cointastical.medium.com/freelancing-platforms-which-pay-in-bitcoin-e38be56166df
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1 sat \ 2 replies \ @Taranis 26 Nov 2022
nicehash (https://nicehash.com/) allows for this.
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @MadJewel OP 26 Nov 2022
I didn't see that option, all I found was this.
And the gambling/scammy-looking easy mine
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Taranis 26 Nov 2022
you're essentially giving pow shitcoins hash power in exchange for bitcoin. it's not very profitable since eth went pos. they allow for btc withdraws via on-chain or lightning.
the windows tool is here:
https://github.com/nicehash/NiceHashQuickMiner
you're also trusting the various bundled miner applications too.
their lightning node is here:
https://amboss.space/node/037659a0ac8eb3b8d0a720114efc861d3a940382dcfa1403746b4f8f6b2e8810ba
dyor of course. i don't personally use the service any longer.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @01xCc 25 Nov 2022
ты можешь добывать другую монету и потом ее менять на биткоин.
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