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I don't think it's just a simple stunt. Apparently, the onboard computer on the latest Teslas is capable of mining BTC profitably at the current prices (alleged
by synaesthesisx 6y ago
I don't think it's just a simple stunt. Apparently, the onboard computer on the latest Teslas is capable of mining BTC profitably at the current prices (allegedly).
It would be amusing to have cars mine when idle/plugged in, or better yet have any unsold inventory mining 24/7 (since electricity can be written off as operational expenses). I wouldn't put it past Elon.
- villasv 6y agoIf by amusing you mean reducing battery life / beefing my electricity bill while giving the impression of “generating” money. Miss me with this new kind of planned obsolescence.
- garaetjjte 6y agoMining BTC is not profitable without dedicated ASICs. Other coins might be possible, but I doubt car hardware would have significant hashrate.
- 867-5309 6y agoit is profitable 1. at scale and 2. when you are not paying for the electricity. Tesla covers both of these
- desertrider12 6y ago> the onboard computer on the latest Teslas is capable of mining BTC profitably I would be interested to learn more about that. I thought the bulk of the Autopilot compute power is in dense neural network inference which wouldn't be any good for SHA hashing.
- reitzensteinm 6y agoProbably referring to the gaming PC in the Plaid.
- twelve40 6y agowhat does potential Tesla-based mining have to do with plowing a ton of cash into Bitcoin right now?