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That's not actually true - some coins are designed to be used on "commodity hardware". Monero is one, and it's what Coinbase uses. Last I counted, my estimate
by ColanR 9y ago
That's not actually true - some coins are designed to be used on "commodity hardware". Monero is one, and it's what Coinbase uses.
Last I counted, my estimate on profitability was 0.006 cents / computer / minute.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/62m5mu/eli5_why_can_you_still_mine_monero_on_a_laptop/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/62m5mu/eli5_why_can...
- jstanley 9y agoIn what way does Coinbase use Monero?
- Deimorz 9y agoI'm sure they meant Coinhive, not Coinbase.
- ColanR 9y agoya, thanks.
- aspenmayer 9y agoI think they meant Coinhive. https://coinhive.com https://coinhive.com
- tromp 9y agoMonero's PoW relies on native AES instructions to be efficient on PCs with recent Intel/AMD CPUs, but remains very inefficient on mobile and older desktop CPUs.