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Try out bitcoin mining at Rigly - just 500 sats blog.rigly.io/announcing-our-black-friday-sale/

2816 sats \ 40 comments \ @evanbaer 23 Nov 2023 bitcoin

Check out bitcoin mining this Thanksgiving with our 500 sats mining test drive:

3 hours of hashrate @ ~88 TH/s
Includes a mining pool account (Braiins pool)
All the hands-on support you need

https://rigly.io/#test-mine

We want to introduce more bitcoiners to mining -- plus, if you give us some feedback we'll zap you some extra hashrate.

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971 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 23 Nov 2023

great way to explain to the fam how bitcoin works.

txs propagated through p2p network
txs are collected and batched into blocks
miners compete to publish those txs into a valid block (often as part of a pool) 4.anyone can participate
get paid for the work you contribute
be your own bank

562 sats \ 5 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 23 Nov 2023

For some reason I just can wrap my head around what this is.

We pay 500 sats and in exchange, you route 88 TH/s to BraiinsPool on our behalf for 3 hours? And if the pool finds a block while our effective scoring hash rate is nonzero, we get the payout? Is that right?

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @evanbaer OP 23 Nov 2023

That's correct -

You mine at Braiins pool for 3 hours, and get a payout if the pool wins a block during that timeframe.

It's a bit of fun on Thanksgiving and we'll ask everyone for some feedback and give extra hashrate this afternoon.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 23 Nov 2023

Can you route the hash rate to an existing braiinspool account?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @evanbaer OP 23 Nov 2023

Hmm this promo is intended for folks new to mining (w/o a pool account yet)

If you already have a pool account, you can buy hashrate through Rigly auctions or instant mining

https://rigly.io/

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 23 Nov 2023

Makes sense. Thank you!

500 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 24 Nov 2023

It works well, but just be mindful of the minimum withdrawals for whichever pool you will be using.

Also, you may want to use Luxor or F2pool instead of Braiins. See this: #299891

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 8 Jul

@evanbaer I created a bitcoin mining territory

303 sats \ 3 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 23 Nov 2023

I think one aspect that folks should be aware of is Braiins Pool's 100K sat minimum payout (with 10K sat fees for payouts less than 1M sats, IIRC). I can't say for sure how many sats you'll earn with 88 TH/s running for 3 hours (maybe none, based on the pool's luck), but just be aware that you'll likely end up with nonredeemable sats in your Braiins Pool account. Just an FYI to newbies!

PS: If this minimum payout has changed, please correct me!

Edit: Source

436 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 23 Nov 2023

Yes, this is correct!

With Braiins pool's share scheme -- Pay Per Last N Shares (PPLNS) -- you're not guaranteed a payout like with (Full) Pay Per Share (F/PPS) pools, which do pay the hashprice in sats/TH/s/day worth of work contributed.

Also, Braiins has a 0.001 btc or 100k sats payout threshold (all pools i'm aware of have payout thresholds)

Braiins however uses a fixed payout fee for under 0.01 btc or 1M sats (which is unique to them and not great imo).

With Rigly's "test drive" you're bascially paying 500 sats to try out mining. It's not necessarily going to pay dividends, but still, for a quarter you get real hashrate and could also potentially make a buck's worth of sats if you're lucky and Braiins finds a block, so there's that. Notice however, with 3 hours of hashrate you are v. unlikely to meet Braiins payout threshold.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @evanbaer OP 23 Nov 2023

Yeah, this ^^^

The test drive is a simple way to try out mining. Meeting the pool payout minimum is another matter.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @evanbaer OP 23 Nov 2023

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200 sats \ 4 replies \ @BitByBit21 23 Nov 2023

Sounds like fun, I'll give it a try.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @evanbaer OP 23 Nov 2023

Yeah!

800 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitByBit21 23 Nov 2023

Well, this was a cool experience. As a non technical person, the onboarding was relatively easy and I was able to setup my account in just a few minutes.

It's quite exciting to have your "own" mining hashrate even if it's for a while. A great way to know more about the mining process and get started.

Braiins dashboard is quite comprehensive and intuitive, and the training material is very helpful. I just had some issues trying to follow the instructions to add my address but I was eventually able to do it by myself.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitByBit21 24 Nov 2023

Thanks for all the sats!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @036e4a8390 8 Nov freebie

Agreed. Cool format and a lot of the admin setting up accounts on both Rigly and Braiins is nicely taken care of. A good insight into the basics and more technical side of mining esp for those (me!) that are not so techy. Worth the effort.

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @nicop 23 Nov 2023

Howdy erbody,

if y'all send us product-related feedback on how we can improve our UX and what you'd like to see at hello @rigly.io, we'll send you some more hashrate :)

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @036e4a8390 8 Nov

How poss emails sent to advise of hashrate starting and ending can have the order ID pls?

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @036e4a8390 8 Nov freebie

When trying to open an auction, allow auction to be opened in a new tab/window when left click on auction and choose 'Open in new tab', instead of left click opening a tab/window with an error page, and the auction not loading. Thx!

100 sats \ 1 reply \ @linda024352 23 Nov 2023

I would try to see what comes out of this mining

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @evanbaer OP 23 Nov 2023

Yeah!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @stargut 23 Nov 2023

got an account username but no password to login to BrainsPool

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @evanbaer OP 23 Nov 2023

Hey I was having T-day dinner -- you should see the email w/ details momentarily

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @evanbaer OP 23 Nov 2023

We're seeing a lot of interest! Hurray!

Please bear with us for any "client side exception has occurred messages, just hit refresh.

Also, since we're in bootstrap mode here, I am creating the Braiins pool accounts by hand behind the scenes, so it may take 5-10 mins to get the email with your mining pool details.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @036e4a8390 8 Nov freebie

The time taken to set up accounts on Braiins is fine and the time taken for hashing to start is reasonable and done pretty seamslessly. Great work

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 23 Nov 2023

This is interesting.

Uh oh. Zapped sats and got an error.

Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information).

1 sat \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 23 Nov 2023

Can I please have my 500 sats back.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @evanbaer OP 23 Nov 2023

I see your payment and I just created your mining pool account

Please check your email and confirm you see your hashrate now

Happy to refund - contact us at hello @rigly.io

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 23 Nov 2023

Not it's ok. I see the emails now.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @evanbaer OP 23 Nov 2023

👍

0 sats \ 8 replies \ @fm 23 Nov 2023

WTF Application error: a client-side exception has occurred

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 23 Nov 2023

I got the same error.

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @k00b 23 Nov 2023

Did you get that on SN or on rigly?

437 sats \ 3 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 23 Nov 2023

lol I had the same deer-in-the-headlights internal reaction

22 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 23 Nov 2023

Lol so triggered but now we get a proper page thanks to you which is relatively soothing.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 23 Nov 2023

Now that I think about it some more, I’m surprised Next doesn’t provide a way to configure/customize the OOTB error boundary

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 23 Nov 2023

Seriously. It seems like it shouldn’t be much of a lift considering all the other ootb error pages.