As a hobby, a few years ago I started dabbling in Bitcoin. It’s just for fun more than anything. I like the emerging technology and community aspects of it. I’ve definitely found that mining helps understand the technology better. There is still a ton of fascinating and exciting stuff happening in cryptocurrency and Blockchain technologies.
Anyway, I purchased a Butterfly Labs 25 GH/s ASIC Bitcoin miner on May 2013, and received it Nov 2013. This is an old video I recorded of the unboxing, I figured maybe it would be of interest to someone. I stripped out the audio too, because I didn't end up saying anything more than just what I was seeing. Plus, people don’t watch Unboxing videos to hear some random dude rambling.
In terms of performance, when I first started mining, my default payout (0.05 BTC) was being reached almost twice a week. With both the increase in collective mining force, along with sequential coins being incrementally more difficult to discover, production has dropped consistently over time.
The miner is still functioning, which says something good I guess about Butterfly Labs build quality. However, the 25 GH/s mining rate is yielding me maybe 0.005 BTC per month.
In case you want to toss a little coin my way! :)
Bitcoin wallet address:
1MwKYUUKYkGDbriqsLttTv3KC7Ua6sxcx6