Are you looking for someone who knows what they are doing with crypto-mining and linux, who has experience with building and running both hardware and software for cryptocurrency mining, but who can offer a better price than cloud services can?
I have been working with Linux since Red Hat 5.1, I know my way around several different distributions, I know how to build from source, applying patches or compilation tweaks, I can build hardware from components, I know all the parts involved in a server farm, the switches, routers, UPS devices, racks, or even just more low tech things like cooling systems and the like.
Advantages of my location:
I am located in a part of the world where many of these costs are much lower. Rental prices are around 1/3 of elsewhere, electricity is quite cheap, and relatively reliable, but importantly also, the cost of internet connections here is very low.
Several people have already proposed to me that I set up and manage servers for them to run cryptocurrency miners, and even one idea involving just a web server. I know I can do it all at a cost that is not prohibitive, I can do most of the labor required myself, and I can pass that benefit of my experience on to you in a lower margin and total cost of ownership for you.
But I need startup funding, I need an initial location, and I need a number of people who want me to manage their systems for them. I have worked in the IT service business for much of the last 16 years, and I have a very acute interest and concern with issues of security, confidentiality, and quality of service.
What I need to get started:
To get started, I need somewhere around $1200 of capital to secure a location and network connections. I can source and procure equipment for the task, anything from a simple and basic thing like setting up Equihash-based zcash miners, or, if you have idle ASIC gear that you want to have re-tooled to run something other than bitcoin mining, I can do the research if you give me the specifications of the hardware you want me to set up and run.
The breakdown of costs goes something like this. To secure a lease on a suitable property to run this operation, I can either have some kind of assurance of ongoing income (i.e.: a job) or I can pay further in advance. 3 months sufficed on a previous occasion in this city. 1 month goes to a security deposit. I should be able to find a suitable location where I can both live and work, for between 150-250 euros, this having to deal with 4 different currencies does my head in! So, I guess being that EUR and USD are very close to parity these days - well. $168-280 USD I guess, per month. Multiply that by 4, and you get around 700-1100.
I can also probably even do some degree of customisation for you, especially if it involves scripting, for notifications, failovers, and the like. It is no problem for me to have 2 or 3 seperate providers linked into my location, with automatic failovers to ensure that uptime is optimal. The internet connectivity for one, at least, is only about $80 for 6 months unlimited 45Mbit. A secondary would be required, although the ISP that provides this, ran the connection at the cloud service support company I used to work for. We had one outage in 3 months. Of course a second connection is required. It would not be complex to set up a failover, in fact, apart from the fibre-to-ethernet adapters, I have a dual gigabit mini-pc that could easily run some control scripts that would automatically switch between the two if there was a connectivity problem.
Let me know what you are looking for, and if you can provide part of the start-up capital required to secure the location for the operation. You can post in the comments, or you can email me at l0k1@null.net
Thank you for your interest, and I look forward to working with you.
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