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Does BitAxe Support On and Off Mining?
313 sats \ 3 comments \ @spiderman 3h bitcoin_beginners
Trying to get into Bitcoin mining just for learning, and hoping for a tiny positive return. I identified the BitAxe miner and Datum pool as potential candidates, but have a few small questions around its functionality. Anyone who has an idea about the following features?
  • Can the BitAxe work with the Datum pool to send me my rewards via Lightning in Coinos? Or do I have to run my own self-custodial lightning node?
  • Can the BitAxe work on and off as in, I drive to work, put it in plug in my company outlet, then come back home, and plug it in again etc.? Will my reward be (roughly) proportional to the hashes I contribute throughout the day? If my home and work both have WiFi, will the configurations (where to credit my reward, the pool URL etc.) be persisted across sessions?
  • Is it really portable, as in meant to commute around with, so that I can plug it in wherever I see a charging point?
  • My power outlet is 220 volts, 50 Hz. Single phase, type G plug (engineering details, not sure if they matter), but are BitAxes compatible with it?
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 2h
Can the BitAxe work on and off as in, I drive to work, put it in plug in my company outlet, then come back home, and plug it in again etc.?
Yes.
Will my reward be (roughly) proportional to the hashes I contribute throughout the day?
Yes, within a limit of 8 blocks worth of work for the total pool, so the window may be smaller or larger than a day depending on how many other people submit to the pool. Also note that it is PPLNS so you get paid when a block gets found, not per day.
If my home and work both have WiFi, will the configurations (where to credit my reward, the pool URL etc.) be persisted across sessions?
Yes, but you may need to re-configure your wifi - I don't remember if BitAxe allows configuration of multiple, auto-connect wifi networks; to my memory it allowed one, but I may be wrong or outdated.
Is it really portable, as in meant to commute around with, so that I can plug it in wherever I see a charging point?
It's not designed to be portable but that doesn't mean it isn't. You could hang it on a battery pack and use your phone to tether wifi and make it extremely portable.
My power outlet is 220 volts, 50 Hz. Single phase, type G plug (engineering details, not sure if they matter), but are BitAxes compatible with it?
Yes.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @stinger32lnd 26m
This seems tricky. Is there documentation for this cycle change? Unless there is a switch, isn't there a possibility that it will run slower and overheat?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 18m
What of the above is tricky?
If you mean the power, you anyway need an adapter to 5V DC (5A/25W), and these are relatively standard.
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