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Author Archives: Bitcoin Ranch Foreman
2021 C8 Corvette Order
In 2019 I put a deposit down on the newly announced mid-engine C8 Corvette. Now, February 2021 it is time to put my order in. Dealer...
Creality Ender5 “device not accepting address XX, error -32”
Recently my Creality Ender 5 stopped connecting to my Octoprint server. Octoprint would try to connect and give the message: Error: No...
Processing Sound of Hummingbirds
I have a fun little project that records hummingbird visits to my feeders. Each time a bird visits, I record temperature, barometric...
Modernizing Raspberry Pints
Raspberry Pints was one of the first projects I remember being inspired by when I got my first Raspberry Pi (RPi) in 2013. Got reinspired...
Bitcoin Mining Farm outline
Today I came across an ebay listing for 52 Antminer S5 miners for $23,500.00: 52x Bitmain Antminer S5 SHA-256 BTC Bitcoin Miner 1155GH/s...
More on Money
My description of my invention of money was of course fictional. However, it was probably not far from what really happened. One...
Bitmain AntMiner S2 Power Consumption
I wanted to know exactly how much power my miners were consuming, so I decided to measure. I purchased a Kill-a-Watt power meter. I...
Bitmain AntMiner S5 Power Consumption
Previously I analyzed the power consumption of one of my S2 bitcoin miners. Today I will look at the next generation of miner, the...
Helpful People
As I mentioned previously, the owners of the building, where my company leases our offices, are having lots of work done. One of...
What is Money?
In order to grasp the importance of digital currency we should understand what ‘normal’ money is first. Let’s imagine that...