Solar-Powered Cryptocurrency Mining
Solar-Powered Cryptocurrency Mining in 2021 & Beyond
Scope
- Long-term, sustainable cryptocurrency mining
Objectives/Goals
- Focus on power efficiency & stability first, performance optimization second
Active Lifecycle management
Scale out by adding nodes and/or hardware every 6 months
- High-cost, high-energy ASICs are not permitted in our model
- Equipment being considered for purchase must have a fair re-sale value after 5 years
- Run low-energy, open-source, full nodes for cryptocurrencies we support using single board computers, where possible
Philosophy
mine4.life
- As an early miner myself, I believe in the fundamentals of cryptocurrency
- If you produce your own solar energy & mine with it, you are a sustainably miner
- Long-term mining commitments to only specific cryptocurrencies
- Mine currencies that are actively being developed that support sustainability & anonymity
- Under-volt & over-clock
Active Mining Operations
CPU
Cryptocurrencies
Miners
- Ryzen 9 3900X
- Ryzen 9 3950X
Cryptocurrencies
Miners
- Ryzen 5 3600
GPU
Cryptocurrencies
Miners
- RX 580 8GB
- GTX 1060 6GB
- GTX 1060 6GB
- GTX 1060 6GB
Cryptocurrencies
Miners
- RX 570 4GB
- GTX 1060 3GB
Cryptocurrencies
Miners
- GTX 960 2GB
Cryptocurrencies
Miners
- None
Cryptocurrencies
Miners
- None
Cryptocurrencies
Miners
- None
Self-Hosted Full Nodes
Bitcoin (BTC) - bitcoind
Hostname
- btc.heinzsolar.com
#1
Hardware
Operating System
Kernel
- Linux 5.4.61-odroidxu4
Storage Enclosure
Storage
Chainstate
Intel® SSD X25-E Series - 32GB, 2.5in SATA 3Gb/s, 50nm, SLC
- I bought this new for $400 in 2009 :)
Blocks
- Western Digital 3TB WD Red
Case
#2
Hardware
Operating System
- RaspiBlitz
- Kernel
- Storage Enclosure
Storage
- Chainstate
- Blocks
Case
Ethereum (ETH) - CoreGeth
Hostname
- eth.heinzsolar.com
Hardware
VMware ESXi Virtual Machine
- 4vCPU
- 4GB RAM
Operating System
Kernel
- Linux 5.4.0-62-generic
Storage
14TB
10Gbps iSCSI -> QNAP TVS-873 NAS
- NVMe SSD Cache
Monero (XMR) - monerod
Hostname
- xmr.heinzsolar.com
Port
- 18081 [RPC]
Hardware
Operating System
Kernel
- Linux 5.4.72-v7+
Storage
Case
Desktop Wallets
Monero (XMR)
Ethereum (ETH)
Ethereum Classic (ETC)
- MyCrypto
- Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL)
- Wownero (WOW)
Ryo (RYO)
- Ryo Wallet Atom
- Ravencoin (RVN)
- Beam (BEAM)
- Veil (VEIL)
- Callisto Network (CLO)
Exchanges
Banks
Cold Staking
Thank You!
