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A car can be used for all kinds of legal activity, unlike an ASIC which relies on stolen electricity to be profitable.

• gruez 5y ago
  >unlike an ASIC which relies on stolen electricity to be profitable. Where are you getting this from? Are you saying the majority of bitcoin mining operations around the world operates on stolen electricity?
  • rsynnott 5y ago
    While I’m not sure how old these ones, older bitcoin ASICS are indeed only profitable on stolen power. If it produces 1c worth of magical internet money per kWh, then it has only illegal uses.
    • derekp7 5y ago
      If you have solar power, you sometimes generate more electricity than you use. You can sell that power to the local power distributor, or store it in a battery. Both have efficiency loss issues (you may only get wholesale from the power company, and batteries wear out). Or you can use that excess power to generate cryptocurrency, and use that to buy more power from the utility provider when you need.