for me STORJ is better and simple.

Do Storj and Sia already work? There were a ton of projects like it, but as far as I've seen, they've all been stuck in development for years.

And is there a specific advantage to use PoC while not using the space for other things? Seems a bit of a waste.

(btw... price might fall under 0.000001 if the alt crash keeps going. I might have to get a bag-refill then.)

Is mining burst profitable?

It seems like it but the electricity you save compared to PoW mining makes it more sustainable if you think long term. Although it would be nice if the developers found a way to make the plotted space useful.

The idea for Burst was really to have any spare space you have to mine, not to make mining rigs out of hard drives to make money.

And Android mining is now also possible now. Check their site

Thanks for the explanations alzander and pinkflower.


The thing is just... as far as even the PoCC peeps have explained, the mining will not stay profitable for long, since the amount of inflation is getting lower. So something else has to either sustain mining, or pump the use so much that fees make up for it.
Or something has to replace it altogether, while making Burst still attractive. I just haven't seen such plans so far.



It takes patience. The last serious alt drought took more than two years. But staying in Burst has paid off brilliantly back then. 
The potential is there. But I find the space too unpredictable to know when it will happen.

sounds good. I want to join in.How to participate?

In the burst wallet still downloading blockchain maybe 50%. Im using i5 CPU with 4 Gig Ram and 1TB byte Hardisk btw Im new in CPU or HDD mining i try to download the burst wallet and follow the instruction in your site, In my Two days of Mining in still waiting to show up the Burstcoin in my Local Wallet but unfortunately still no burstcoin show up... 

 Almost exactly 3 years, between the DASH profitability crash that was caused by the Litecoin price collapse, and the recent across the board price jump this spring.

 It was POSSIBLE to earn in the meantime - but you HAD to have very low cost electric to be profitable at all (8 cent/kwh electric I had at the time was LOSING MONEY though not by a lot).

this coin has been pumped a couple times it seems. seems like an ideal target for a pump, low vol , low cap but on poloniex. Hopefully the next one comes sooner then later and is the biggest one yet.