I'm doing my best, _sir_!

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denlillaapan

The Bitaxe setup was quite simple. I only started over once and I probably didn’t even have to. I just sort of panicked. 

Same. Want that plus the apollo... (and the 21 energy I'm complete in love with) but after this experience I'm a liiiiitle bit wary

The OCEAN pool is also bad about saying your miner is offline. It's annoying that you can't rely on that for anything.

 saying to just ignore the password fields. WTF! Why are they there then?

I totally agree. Make these approachable for dummies like us.

If your fan is only running at 13%, you should be able to throttle up the hash a bit. Get some more sats and a bit more heat.

Next winter, I'm planning on getting a HeatBit. I've 

bitcoin_beginners

Setting Up a Braiins Mini Miner 101: Early Reflections

The OCEAN pool is also bad about saying your miner is offline. It's annoying that you can't rely on that for anything.

I remember the setup instructions of my [Bitaxe](https://stacker.news/items/815837/r/Undisciplined) saying to just ignore the password fields. WTF! Why are they there then?

I totally agree. Make these approachable for dummies like us.

If your fan is only running at 13%, you should be able to throttle up the hash a bit. Get some more sats and a bit more heat.

Next winter, I'm planning on getting a HeatBit. I've [wanted one for a long time](https://stacker.news/items/744041/r/Undisciplined) and may as well take the plunge.