<p>If you mine with your RaspPi or your PC, you'll <strong>lose</strong> money because of electricity fees. The best way to mine is buying a miner (S9 is the best currently), but if you don't want to pay $1500, or don't want a noisy machine at your home, choose <strong>cloud mining</strong>. It's a bit risky, too.</p>

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Thank you- that’s exactly why I said “cost-efficient” I should’ve used asterisks to emphasize.  I might try to do all three for fun.  I appreciate the recommendations.
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@alexanderjsingleton I'd suggest NiceHash. I've tried Hashnest and ViaBTC, While I'm satisfied with Hashnest, don't use ViaBTC.
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<p>Simply stated- what is the most cost-efficient way to earn money from mining Bitcoin?  I've been a HODL'er since '14 but I recently wanted to deep-dive into mining for fun and was surprised to find how easy it was to do with a Raspberry Pi, slushpool account and a little bit of help from <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/60892/raspberry-pi-cpuminer-error-bash-minerd-no-such-file-or-directory">StackExchange:Bitcoin</a>.  My question now is- do I build a Raspberry Pi "bucketwheel" equipped with <a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B016CWBYJK" rel="nofollow noreferrer">USB-miner sticks</a> like the crate displayed below, purchase an <a href="https://shop.bitmain.com/antminer_s9_asic_bitcoin_miner.htm?flag=overview" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Antminer S9</a> or go to the cloud?  I'd appreciate any guidance or considerations for generating >= $100 month- again this is just for fun in experiment; I'm not looking to become the Hunt Brothers of Bitcoin ;) </p>

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What is the best way to earn money mining Bitcoin?
alexanderjsingleton
# What is the best way to earn money mining Bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-20)

Simply stated- what is the most cost-efficient way to earn money from mining Bitcoin? I've been a HODL'er since '14 but I recently wanted to deep-dive into mining for fun and was surprised to find how easy it was to do with a Raspberry Pi, slushpool account and a little bit of help from [StackExchange:Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/60892/raspberry-pi-cpuminer-error-bash-minerd-no-such-file-or-directory). My question now is- do I build a Raspberry Pi "bucketwheel" equipped with [USB-miner sticks](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B016CWBYJK) like the crate displayed below, purchase an [Antminer S9](https://shop.bitmain.com/antminer_s9_asic_bitcoin_miner.htm?flag=overview) or go to the cloud? I'd appreciate any guidance or considerations for generating >= $100 month- again this is just for fun in experiment; I'm not looking to become the Hunt Brothers of Bitcoin ;)

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-20. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

If you mine with your RaspPi or your PC, you'll **lose** money because of electricity fees. The best way to mine is buying a miner (S9 is the best currently), but if you don't want to pay $1500, or don't want a noisy machine at your home, choose **cloud mining**. It's a bit risky, too.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you- that’s exactly why I said “cost-efficient” I should’ve used asterisks to emphasize.  I might try to do all three for fun.  I appreciate the recommendations.  
> **username_1**: @username_0 I'd suggest NiceHash. I've tried Hashnest and ViaBTC, While I'm satisfied with Hashnest, don't use ViaBTC.  

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