Welcome to the underbelly of Proof-of-Work, where rigs don’t sparkle, they groan.
Where the thermal paste is expired, the airflow is imaginary, and the only thing keeping the system alive is sheer spite and a few strips of duct tape.
This is mining—Goblin style.
The Rig
It started as a dream and a pile of scrap.
Two mismatched GPUs pulled from an e-waste bin.
An old Dell motherboard that wheezes louder than it boots.
And a power supply that buzzes like it’s summoning demons.
I zip-tied the frame to a milk crate.
I duct-taped a fan in place because the heat sink laughed and walked off.
There’s a spoon propping up the riser cable.
But you know what?
She hashes.
Barely. Loudly. Beautifully.
The Setup
Here’s the honest breakdown:
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OS: Ubuntu jammed into a USB stick
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Mining software: GMiner, tweaked so hard it thinks it's in 2017
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Coins: Whatever’s profitable and doesn’t crash my RAM
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Hashrate: Somewhere between “laughable” and “technically nonzero”
Every hour is a gamble.
She might crash. She might mine a block.
She might catch fire.
That’s the thrill.
Why I Do It
Not for the money. Not really.
Definitely not for efficiency.
I do it because I can.
Because the big farms and ASIC lords can’t stop me.
Because even in this degenerate swamp of DIY electronics and burnt sockets,
I'm still participating in the network.
Call it dumb. Call it degen.
But my wallet grows one fraction of a coin at a time—earned, not bought.
Duct Tape is Proof of Work
Let them have their server rooms.
Let them optimize airflow and run spreadsheets.
Let them flex solar setups and tax write-offs.
Meanwhile, I’m over here:
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Running on stolen Wi-Fi
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Praying my circuit breaker holds
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Duct taping another fan to the GPU every three days
It ain’t pretty.
But it’s sovereign as hell.
Final Thoughts from the Trailer Node
This is mining in the trenches.
This is mining with madness.
And this is my rig—held together with duct tape and faith.
You can keep your uptime.
I’ll keep my soul in every busted fan and mismatched screw.
And if the chain ever rewards pure stubbornness?
I’m gonna be rich.
– A.B. Gobling
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