Orthogonal to the issue at hand, but for what little it's worth, literally nobody I know who games is mining. And this includes a lot of tech-savvy IT professio

Orthogonal to the issue at hand, but for what little it's worth, literally nobody I know who games is mining. And this includes a lot of tech-savvy IT professionals. (half a decade ago, one person I knew was getting excited/contemplating it; but he was looking to build a dedicated mining rig, and I don't think he ever followed up)