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Thanks for the suggestions! In addition to the hardware, I understand that a low-latency internet connection is a must for mining. The turbine is in a remote lo

Thanks for the suggestions! In addition to the hardware, I understand that a low-latency internet connection is a must for mining. The turbine is in a remote location, so satellite internet is probably the only option, and even the fastest satellite internet (Starlink) has about 3X the latency of fixed broadband. Is this a deal killer?

wmf 5y ago
AFAIK latency only matters when a new block is found and the pool has to send new work to the miners. Losing, say, 100 ms out of every 10 minutes sounds negligible but maybe it's worse than that. Given that you're talking about a multi-million-dollar installation, a tower with a long-range Wi-Fi link may be practical. Starlink also has the problem of waiting months to receive the equipment.
- mitchbob 5y ago
  TIL about long-range Wi-Fi; thanks again!