<p>Let's do the math. The average time to find a block, which is worth a reward of at least 25 BTCs (+fees) is the following:</p>

<pre><code>avgtime = difficulty * 2^32 / hashrate
</code></pre>

<p>The current difficulty is 16,818,461,371. Assuming a hash rate of 2GH/s we get in hours:</p>

<pre><code>avgtime = 16818461371 * 2^32 / (2*10^9) / 60 / 60
</code></pre>

<p>That's about 10032602 hours or 418025 days. To mine solo successfully, you need much, much more hashing power.</p>

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2014-07-05T15:24:27.563Z
2014-07-05T15:24:27.563Z
Matthieu
<p>I had an old Raspberry pi with a Bitmain Antminer 2GH USB plugged into it.</p>

<p>I have joined the bitminter pool and so far have 0.00000094 bitcoins.  In other words, I don't expect to get rich.</p>

<p>Researching this question most answers take into account power consumption.  </p>

<p>My question is, for this sort of setup that I have with 1 - 4 2GH USB sticks, if I do solo mining, do I have much chance of getting a bitcoin now and then?</p>

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2014-07-04T19:38:17.637Z
This is a very frequently asked question.  The computation is easy and is explained [here](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty#How_soon_might_I_expect_to_generate_a_block.3F).  Usually the answer is "no".  In your case, at current difficulty levels and solo mining total of 8 GH/s, you can expect to mine one block every 286 years.
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# How best can I use Raspberry pi and ASIC?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-04)

I had an old Raspberry pi with a Bitmain Antminer 2GH USB plugged into it.

I have joined the bitminter pool and so far have 0.00000094 bitcoins. In other words, I don't expect to get rich.

Researching this question most answers take into account power consumption.

My question is, for this sort of setup that I have with 1 - 4 2GH USB sticks, if I do solo mining, do I have much chance of getting a bitcoin now and then?

**Tags:** solo-mining, raspberry-pi

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This is a very frequently asked question.  The computation is easy and is explained [here](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty#How_soon_might_I_expect_to_generate_a_block.3F).  Usually the answer is "no".  In your case, at current difficulty levels and solo mining total of 8 GH/s, you can expect to mine one block every 286 years.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-07-05. Score: 1

Let's do the math. The average time to find a block, which is worth a reward of at least 25 BTCs (+fees) is the following:

```
avgtime = difficulty * 2^32 / hashrate

```

The current difficulty is 16,818,461,371. Assuming a hash rate of 2GH/s we get in hours:

```
avgtime = 16818461371 * 2^32 / (2*10^9) / 60 / 60

```

That's about 10032602 hours or 418025 days. To mine solo successfully, you need much, much more hashing power.


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