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> Why wouldn't nvidia and amd or any other card maker just keep the cards and mine all the cryptocurrency for themselves? Bitcoin costs more to mine than the p
by slver 5y ago
> Why wouldn't nvidia and amd or any other card maker just keep the cards and mine all the cryptocurrency for themselves?
Bitcoin costs more to mine than the power bill you'll receive. This is why increasingly most malware happens by stealing power one way or another. And I don't think NVidia and AMD are in the stealing power business.
- gruez 5y ago>Bitcoin costs more to mine than the power bill you'll receive he's talking about cryptocurrencies in general, not bitcoin specifically. Mining ETH with recent-ish is currently profitable unless your electricity is very expensive (50+ cents). Besides, bitcoin mining is dominated by ASICs and there really isn't really any point in using hacked computers to mine it because there are more profitable coins (ones using ASIC resistant algorithms).
- edave64 5y agoPeople are buying these cards for other coins that are still profitable to mine on the GPU.