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On one hand, normal GPU mining is practically never efficient with respect to the cost of electricity. Even in a hyper-efficient datacenter, Bitcoin mining is n
by 010a 10y ago
On one hand, normal GPU mining is practically never efficient with respect to the cost of electricity. Even in a hyper-efficient datacenter, Bitcoin mining is now dominated by thousands of ASIC miners who are running hardware a hundredth the cost of GPUs at 10x+ performance.
But on the other hand, these machines aren't just sitting there powered off when they aren't provisioned. They have to keep them warm so they provision ultra quick.
So maybe there is some level of mining they could accomplish with their "idle" cycles, given the efficiency of the datacenter, the power of their GPUs, and the price of Bitcoin, which would be profitable. I don't know.
- ddorian43 10y agoCan use other types of coins where gpu is still ok.
- synaesthesisx 10y agoThis would work well for eCoin...
- phs318u 10y agoAs others have pointed out there are still non-btc crypto-currencies that are worth GPU or even CPU mining[1]. But they don't even have to be making a raw profit vs the electricity they are consuming. If, as you say, the spare capacity must be kept warm anyway, then they only need to be profitable vs the delta of electricity consumption between idle and fans blowing 100%. So whatever capacity is left beyond the fixed and spot market _could_ still be earning them something. [1] http://cryptomining-blog.com/6090-crypto-coins-to-check-out-for-cpu-mining/ http://cryptomining-blog.com/6090-crypto-coins-to-check-out-... Edit: fixed spelling.