I played around with my new desktop and it looks like it has the GPU integrated into the motherboard - it's an 8 y/o computer. I don't know if I can just strap on a new GPU after adding in a solid state drive. It doesn't look like there's anyway to connect it. I could be wrong, but I think it might be easier, albeit more expensive to get a motherboard, ram, a PSU, etc etc and just set up a my first little GPU rig. I'm sure I can get some used parts that will work just fine and keep my costs down.

Sirazimuth, how much does your power usage typically cost you to run the 2 750s?

All good questions.

First we need the raw data (which is just altcoin blockchain data and altcoin peerdata in the first step), and a basic rewarding scheme for the servicenodes.

Once that is working, we can start contemplating about additional streams of data we want to tap into (network streams? why do we need them? The data will be insanely gigantic. What do we do with it? Check for blockchain anomalies? keeping track of temporary forks? recognizing double spend attempts? etc etc)

Whatever we do needs to be cryptographically secured (so that people trust the consistency and validity of this servicenode data), or else what's the point. But that's what makes it hard.


For the future I was thinking about some sort of node-based-programming interface within the wallet, which will give people freedom to construct and order their specific "analysis code" they want to run on the servicenode network. (depending on the complexity this will require the payment of a fee)

What would customers want to do with it?

It could serve as an Alert-Service (servicenodes watch out for some specific event and alert you when it's happening)
or a Historical-Data-Service (give back the last 10 weeks of network stream data in compressed format, etc..)

... or other services.

Too early to tell, but that's the general direction I want to go with it.

the 750ti's are pretty efficient for the hash rate they generate.
i believe they consume around 40 watts .i get around 1400 khash rate with the default Spreadminer. (you get more if yu tweak/overclock but i dont bother these days)
I pay 10cents/kwh so doing the math its around 9.6 cents a day per card.
each card hits average 5 blocks a day (varies with luck and net hashrate but over long haul thats been my average for 1400kh)
when spread was around 10k sat back when i started 6 months ago i was doing quite well.
now at 4.2k sat...not so much .
but its all good fun.its my virtual penny jar and makes a little bell ring when i hit a block and i get a warm fuzzy, lol.
good luck and may the mining force be with you

thank you kindly my friend.
and the day that my wife pays me that same simple but effective compliment, I'll be six feet under...

Oh, thanks! So, I can expect about 50 SPR per day w/ two cards - I need to figure out how much I spend on electricity - I just wanted a ball park idea. The main reason I want to get a mining rig going is because I want to be able to vote for the SN reward when they come out. I can start small to learn the process and go from there. The extra few SPR won't hurt either.

The real question now I guess, is how do I set up the nice dinging noise? lol. Maybe I can make my computer relay "You've got Spreadcoin" whenever I hit a block lol. Or I could get it to say "Soon" or "Stay Tuned" if I go a few blocks without hitting one! 

the ding is just the default sound win 10 makes when that little window thingy in bottom right corner pops up with a message. im sure you can change it in the control panel sound notification settings somewhere.
aamof i did just that many years ago on my win 95 pc. i recorded all these silly wav files and set them as default for various file actions and such. yeah, i was a bored pc geek with too much time on my hands, lol

I have that dingdingding sound on the pool everytime it hits a block

happy block halving, lol  

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