Brian Dick

Alright, so it's a tiny amount of crypto currency, but I did it.  I did it with an old computer, an extremely limited knowledge of crypto and tech in general. I also did it without really impacting my normal computing experience. I still get on and use the computer that's mining with no real change in performance. And the first .00204 came within the first three hours or so. Now I have two computers running and my total mined amount between the two computers over ~2.5 days of mining is around 0.006 nexus coins. At current nexus coin value at around a dollar a piece, it's a fractional cent worth of value, but it's been a very fun experience and it's forced me to learn more about crypto in general. Based on everything I've learned, I can't imagine a world where at least one coin doesn't become as prevalent as a country's given national currency. The opportunities that crypto opens for the global marketplace are unfathomable. I can't wait to keep

This evening marks the beginning of my likely journey in setting up a Nexus wallet and mining. As of now I'm going to sleep as my wallet gets up to date with current the blockchain. This is probably not correct terminology,  and in fact it may not even be remotely correct functionally, but that's how I understand it based on what it says on the prompts. I actually tried starting this process on a computer that has been boxed up for about 8 months, but is newer than the computer I've been using regularly.  It seems that the boxed up computer is struggling to get back up to speed, so I couldn't get the wallet on that computer (yet). But the older computer looks like it may work. I first heard about nexus on the TSP podcast and then immediately started watching a couple videos by IMineBlocks on YouTube (https://youtu.be/Qw2Cfs5E008). I've also watched his videos on mining, and it seems like I may be able to do it with my computer. ..but we'll see. Stay tuned.