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I have all the computers in our office mining crypto when we leave for the day. It is pretty easy to setup.
by pfisch 9y ago
I have all the computers in our office mining crypto when we leave for the day. It is pretty easy to setup.
- Waterluvian 9y agoI'd love to know what the electricity cost is to do that versus their immediate market value. Are you mining lottery tickets or do they have immediate worth?
- xur17 9y agoIf you're mining with gpus, it's likely still worth it. I have a 1060 and a 1070, and it's definitely profitable even after electricity.
- rashkov 9y agoWhich coins though? Can't imagine bitcoin is still possible to mine with a two card setup
- xur17 9y agoEthereum, Zcash, etc [0]. Bitcoin definitely would not be. [0] https://whattomine.com https://whattomine.com
- pfisch 9y agoYou can connect to hubs that auto switch the mining algorithm to the most profitable one at the time.
- hossbeast 9y agoSounds like he's using nicehash. Shameless plug, if you want to mine on nicehash using Linux, you can try https://github.com/hossbeast/autominer https://github.com/hossbeast/autominer
- pfisch 9y agoIt seems to be profitable. Electricity is cheap in New Orleans and we make video games so the computers all have decent gpus. You can connect to hubs that auto switch the mining algorithm to the most profitable one at the time.
- kondro 9y agoI hope you realise the product of your mining belongs to your company given its their electricity you’re using (compared to the computers just suspending).
- pfisch 9y agoI'm the owner.
- kondro 9y agoFair enough then! :-) Surprised it’s cost effective to mine with commodity desktops and retail power though. ;-)
- DennisP 9y agoCommercial rates are generally lower than home retail rates, night-time rates are also on the low side, and your hardware is effectively free if you're using idle time.
- pfisch 9y agoElectricity is cheap in New Orleans and we make video games so the computers all have decent gpus. You can connect to hubs that auto switch the mining algorithm to the most profitable one at the time.
- Blackthorn 9y agoWhoo boy. If you aren't the owner, expect them to fire you and replace your paycheck with the tiny bit that you managed to mine.
- bluedino 9y agoJust like people used to run SETI@home on their work networks after hours
- dreit1 9y agoWhat do you mine?