<p>If you join a mining pool, like Slush or Deepbit, you will still get a tiny revenue. On a regular computer (with none of that GPU/FPGA/ASIC stuff), you get 0.7-1.5 MHashes per second. You'd get about 0.000007 BTC (just an estimate) every few hours. </p>

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2013-03-16T01:42:30.137Z
"Profit" isn't the correct word considering all the money spent on electricity.
makerofthings7
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lurf jurv
<p>So i get that people buy bigger rigs for faster production, but say I put some old junker on as a miner.  it ever get coins or do the "real" miners get all the coins? </p>

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2013-03-15T17:54:49.067Z
[3 days of mining on a raspberry pi = 0.00000013 BTC](http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1abb3g/citizens_of_rbitcoin_i_present_3_days_of_mining/)
Nicolai
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Noob question: will a slow rig get coins ever?
wlraider70
# Noob question: will a slow rig get coins ever?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-03-15)

So i get that people buy bigger rigs for faster production, but say I put some old junker on as a miner. it ever get coins or do the "real" miners get all the coins?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: [3 days of mining on a raspberry pi = 0.00000013 BTC](http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1abb3g/citizens_of_rbitcoin_i_present_3_days_of_mining/)  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-03-15. Score: 0

If you join a mining pool, like Slush or Deepbit, you will still get a tiny revenue. On a regular computer (with none of that GPU/FPGA/ASIC stuff), you get 0.7-1.5 MHashes per second. You'd get about 0.000007 BTC (just an estimate) every few hours.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: "Profit" isn't the correct word considering all the money spent on electricity.  

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