After a long absence, I have finally made my return to mining!

Since the last time I was active in supporting networks, my priorities have changed. Before, I was heavily focused on profit. I know mining in the big 2026 is definitely not profitable like it used to be, but now I am doing it for the love of the game and to support networks I truly care about. 

In today's day and age, especially with the political instability in the U.S. and abroad, I have come to value my privacy more than ever. As such, I have become heavily supportive of and invested in privacy coins. The coin coin that I have started to mine is BEAM. 

My NVIDIA RTX 5070 is doing some honest work. I chose to solo mine rather than mining to a pool because I want to do my part in strengthening the network. My hashrate fluctuates between 45-50 sol/s. Based on a couple calculators, this should yield between 1-2 blocks/week. I am quite content with that type of return. As the old meme goes, "It ain't much, but it's honest work." 

This is actually my first time mining solo. I actually feel a sense of pride in it because I am actually contributing to a network rather than just being passive in reaping the benefits from things just as staking, trading, and lending. Don't get me wrong, I do all of those things too, but contributing my resources in an effort to make the network stronger just feels good. 

I am currently looking into expanding my mining a little bit. I currently have two CPUs (a AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, and an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X) that I am not using, so I am looking to start those up on mining Monero (XMR) to expand my privacy coin mining. I'll report back once I have something running with those!

For now, my humble 1 GPU solo mining set up will keep hashing away. Hopefully I can sign my first BEAM block soon, but even if I don't I am just happy to be here!

**This does not in any way shape or form constitute financial advice. Do your own research before making any financial decisions.