How much my money making hotspot has made

[JH-kkit]

I think the only person making money is whoever sells this “valuable equipment”

[johnsinger]

You're chasing your tail, stepping over dollars to pick up nickles

[oktfg]

Hotspot owner: Crap ain’t making money 😭
Helium bosses: Thanks for $1000 buddy 😎

[elitedavidhorne]

Thought he was mining helium gas somehow when I first saw the video.

[bigzubber]

If you have a school by your house you can set it up there, my neighbour has a few set up on top of the university nearby which he did at night but no one noticed or done anything about it, he hasn’t moved them for the past year so they’re probably doing well😂

[angusfae]

to earn more hnt your hotspot miner has to cover square footage, people get multiple and spread them out to maximise surface area. less populated area with less overall miners around locally, means more money earned.

[ThunderstruckElectronix]

Reach out to the people around you that are making more money and ask them how. Would be interesting

[sacred]

From what ive seen, there are two different checks that allow you to get helium. There is a proof of connection check, and a witness check. It is likely that you are not quite in range of another hotspot to get the witness check. When a witness check is run, both get a bit of helium. Theres a "sweet spot" for this so you can use different applications to check the distance, but too close to another hotspot diminishes your returns and being too far doesnt allow you to consistently get a witness check.

[Magnicentrabbit]

When you said “mining helium” I thought you mean syphoning it from the air so you can be an actual use to society

[drchoicegaming]

The other expense would be electricity, and with how expensive that is, I'd be surprised if you were even breaking even monthly

[The_Hand]

And this is what we call in the gambling world “chasing your losses” just call it quits, 1k in, crypto is falling apart, you aren’t making that 1k back by spending more, just let it idle and try to forget about the money you wasted

[robatron]

Install it on your roof. I earn 4-5 HNT a week and am the second best preforming miner in my area with a stock bobcat antenna sitting flush on my roof.

If your antenna can’t get over buildings it’s hopeless, the signal can’t go through more than 2 buildings

[softti]

And kids what do we learn? Cryptomining ain't worth it

[matindewet]

Look into getting a thing called a nanovna. They are relatively cheap for what they can do. They are can be used to check the quality of any antenna. The swr of an antenna at a specific frequency. Look at that frequency your miner uses. And set the vna to measure the antenna close to that frequency a swr of 2 or higher is really bad. 3 or higher can damage your equipment. 1-2 pretty decent. 1 or below is a really good antenna.
Always want to get as close to 1 as possible or below.

You can look at YT challens like Andreas Spies to better understand how a vna / nano vna works.

TLDR: use a nano vna to check the quality of an antenna as a specific frequency. Using a swr rating.

[maranscandy]

I’ve gotten texts and emails from several of those Helium miner companies begging me to buy them for $159 when, before, the same companies wanted $500 but couldn’t supply any miners for over a year. The market must be flooded with them now.

[AchievedZeus]

Reviews say the antenna can under perform:
You: It might be the antenna underperforming

[MarkO]

This series is basically a echo chamber

[nuclearphoenix]

Maybe others are using multiple miners

[markusbeauchamp]

Try building one closer to a community park or something

[Night-ucwf]

Needs to be higher and have a shorter cable. Think of a donut that expands from the tip of your antenna. It can reach up and down not only up. Variation in earnings depends on weather conditions as well, rainy and snowy days will effect range. Rain can block your distance reached. Snow and bodies of water can boost your signal. Always used a hardwired connection to your internet as well. Any bit of latency can effect your earnings. Also depends on who you’re broadcasting to, if the miners you’re connecting with aren’t around 1.00 transmit scale your earnings will be reduced. As well as if there are any other miners in your resolution. It’s all about connecting to as many 1.00 and close to it to earn higher rewards.

Might be best to look into an outdoor box or position your miner in the attic. You want the least about of cable run to your antenna. Research which antenna is best too. The focus of the “donut” coming from the antenna changes with each type of antenna.