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Has anyone run the numbers on what it would cost to build data centers with equivalent hashing power using the latest ASIC's in various areas taking into accoun
by campers 11y ago
Has anyone run the numbers on what it would cost to build data centers with equivalent hashing power using the latest ASIC's in various areas taking into account labour and energy costs. Between a wealthy libertarians, BitCoin startups and crowd funding (not necessarily donating, could be buying shares in a company that will mine, with a charter, governance etc) and regain control to do whats required to make it work.
- m-i-l 11y agoBitFury were apparently spending around $100M on a new mining data centre[0] so I would imagine cost would be in excess of this. There was also a discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10774204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10774204 with some estimated numbers. [0] http://www.coindesk.com/bitfury-details-100-million-georgia-data-center/ http://www.coindesk.com/bitfury-details-100-million-georgia-...