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Not to give people ideas, but you could hide your own computer / asic / fpga on someone's property and steal their power for bitcoin mining. Then communicate t
by emmelaich 9y ago
Not to give people ideas, but you could hide your own computer / asic / fpga on someone's property and steal their power for bitcoin mining.
Then communicate the result via powerlines.
- smt88 9y agoYeah, but where does the listening device need to be in relation to that property's power lines? I'm sure you can't listen from, say, across a city... If this is really what you want to do, you'd probably be better off siphoning power from properties that are within range of public WiFi (or semi-public, like Xfinity hotspots).
- godelmachine 9y agoThis is very interesting. Would you kindly point me towards any project/ research paper/ blog/ web site where I could learn more about this, right from the basics?
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- 1024core 9y ago> Then communicate the result via powerlines. Why? Just put a WiFi dongle on your machine; you control the hardware anyways. Or, put a cellular modem on it, and talk to it from anywhere in the world.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoOr plug the machine into an Ethernet-over-Powerline box, and plug the receiver outside, before the first transformer. Communicating data via powerlines is a very old thing.
- emmelaich 9y agoThe why is for concealment. If you discover a power drain you might scan for wifi. But you'd be less likely to look for a signal over power lines.