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Maybe. But that doesn't mean that there aren't people out there trying. Hell, Jeff Geerling is the kind of guy who would attach a GPU to his Raspberry Pi(s), j

Maybe. But that doesn't mean that there aren't people out there trying. Hell, Jeff Geerling is the kind of guy who would attach a GPU to his Raspberry Pi(s), just to prove that he could. And then turn around and do some Bitcoin mining on those rigs, again -- just to prove he could. And he'd get lots of hits on his YouTube channel for doing so. And he's not the only one to try to do that sort of thing. Have you eliminated all the possible YouTube channel owners who might be inclined to pull this kind of stunt, just for publicity and traffic to their YouTube channel?

Nursie 4y ago
> Hell, Jeff Geerling is the kind of guy ... Right, but is he actually doing it? Or are you just supposing again that someone might? > Have you eliminated... I don't need to, that's not how evidence works. You're claiming this thing happens, it's up to you to prove that. Unless you can find any actual evidence of people still mining BTC on a GPU at this point, you're just grasping at straws to try and justify your position. The original point was that bitcoin mining is not done on GPUs any more. This is true in the sense the original post was meant, because the industry moved on years ago and mining on GPUS is now entirely unproductive. It's also true philosophically - if you don't produce anything, can you really be said to be 'mining' anyway? And even if you show that one person or a few people are still doing it "for fun", it doesn't really contradict or disprove the post you replied to.
- geerlingguy 4y ago
  I won't touch crypto with a 100 foot pole, I've said it many times. So many people ask me about this or that coin, about helium, about new protocols and decentralized Internets... Yeah, no. Waiting for this massive crypto bubble to finally deflate so I can see if there's anything worth caring about in the mess that'll be left over.

Nursie 4y ago

> Hell, Jeff Geerling is the kind of guy ... Right, but is he actually doing it? Or are you just supposing again that someone might? > Have you eliminated... I don't need to, that's not how evidence works. You're claiming this thing happens, it's up to you to prove that. Unless you can find any actual evidence of people still mining BTC on a GPU at this point, you're just grasping at straws to try and justify your position. The original point was that bitcoin mining is not done on GPUs any more. This is true in the sense the original post was meant, because the industry moved on years ago and mining on GPUS is now entirely unproductive. It's also true philosophically - if you don't produce anything, can you really be said to be 'mining' anyway? And even if you show that one person or a few people are still doing it "for fun", it doesn't really contradict or disprove the post you replied to.

geerlingguy 4y ago
I won't touch crypto with a 100 foot pole, I've said it many times. So many people ask me about this or that coin, about helium, about new protocols and decentralized Internets... Yeah, no. Waiting for this massive crypto bubble to finally deflate so I can see if there's anything worth caring about in the mess that'll be left over.