Subj : Re: Crypto currencies and mining..
To : Avon
From : apam
Date : Sun Oct 31 2021 04:37 pm
> why? Is it because of the power use and the fact that hardware (GPU
> stuff) gets co-opted into that endeavor when it could be used for
> gaming etc.
Yep, the main problem for gamers is it's hard to get a top of the line
graphics card due to the miners buying them all. Also, they flood ebay
with second hand cards when they upgrade, but don't say they were used
for mining (apparently cards used for mining aren't very desirable
because they've been pegged at 100% their whole life making them likely
to fault later)
You could farm that hard drive crypto chia i think it's called, that just
uses tons of space rather than cpu/gpu, supposedly it's better for the
environment, but I guess the don't account for old SSDs and HDDs filling
up landfill.
Mining might get you a few dollars, but I doubt you will get more than
you spend on hardware / electricity, and I think they say 90% has already
been mined.
If you buy into crypto coins, it's a real gamble, because it depends on
more people buying in to make money.
I'd suggest if you want to just do something interesting with your
computers idle time, maybe try one of those research projects like
seti@home or finding a cure for cancer etc. Even those will peg your
computer at 100%, reducing it's lifespan.
