I'd like to share a little more about my experience on mining bitcoin. After trying out mining litecoin, I decided to combine recourses with a cousin of mine. We got a Bitmain Antminer S9 13.5TH/s which runs SHA-256. It was a hefty sum at that point, $4800USD then. Here's what it setup looks like:
Setting this up and running it for the first time was truly an experience. Never did I expect the fans to run at such speed with that kind of sound volume. It's like as though there were a dozen hairdryers running at full speed in my home! And it's definitely not something you want to be in the same room with when you sleep. I did try a couple of methods to reduce the noise, but eventually had to keep it off when i was home, otherwise the sound would drive me nuts.
But then again, after all, it is an industrial miner, so it's fine if you have a room, store or dedicated place away from your living space if you'd ask me. I personally just run it when we're out of the house, which is approximately a combined 48 to 72 hours a week.
Since having started this machine up, I have experimented on a couple of different pools and coins with the SHA-256 Algorithm. In my opinion, for our geographical location, i find it best to use antpool.
Will keep updating as we go along. Let me know your comments or thoughts. See you soon. Cheers!
