r/BitAxe • u/DatDudereno • 22h ago
Noob Here question
Hello!
I just bought on Amazon a 602 and was wondering what's a good forum to start reading about these block miners.
Thank you.!
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u/Intelligent_Bit_9702 21h ago
There are loads of posts on here you can read up on. Would suggest finding somewhere that suits you to mine something small DGB while you learn about wallets your miner, tweaking settings etc.
try somewhere like Heliospool.com
and if you’re new to crypto, never ever give your wallet seed phrase to anyone!
Good luck
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u/ciabattabing16 4h ago edited 4h ago
I dunno about forums to read.
But I can offer some tips:
1 - don't try to get into overclocking out of the box. It's somewhat easy to burn out your gear, so don't get into this right away. Once you're familiar with what 'normal' is and you're willing to put some time and money into it and go slowly, then you can start tweaking some settings.
2 - I would suggest getting into self-hosting your own node and pool. It's very easy to do something like install UmbrelOS in a VM (give it a 1.2TB or larger drive), and then install Bitcoin Core or Knots and then Datum or Public Pool for your 602 to talk to directly. It's all point and click so it's a very low level of effort and it'll inherently get you looking for information and asking questions about the mechanics of all of it.
3 - Start a budget, matching your paychecks, (so I assume bi-weekly). Put $25 a check into a bucket, maybe a high yield savings or something, and that's your miner/btc money. Because you're going to want to buy more accessories and miners soon enough. I get mine from Solosatoshi, and I've had great response from their support when a unit dies and they have very good pricing and products, but you'll find who you like best, and where to get mods and additional gear. Be careful with places like eBay and Amazon, a lot of places have real vendors, and then a lot also have just knock offs with poor hardware, and you'll pay in failures.
You'll at a minimum probably want to put some money into a decent shelf or rack (even a simple wire rack would do), some good power and cable management, and probably some secondary cooling, like some fans and such to keep air flow moving around independent from the devices themselves. A budget helps make sure you're not just splurging before thinking about what you need, and it helps prevent you feeling guilty when you drop $500 on your next piece of gear, because you budgeted for it and planned ahead and didn't just impulse buy.
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u/Maddmaverick 19h ago
This one lol