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I don't currently own any. However I did pick up a Raspberry Pi recently, which made me a little interesting in the bit coin thing. I'm curious if a RPi cluster
by goostavos 13y ago
I don't currently own any. However I did pick up a Raspberry Pi recently, which made me a little interesting in the bit coin thing. I'm curious if a RPi cluster could (slowly) but efficiently (from a power consumption standpoint) mine.
- s0rce 13y agoNo, ASIC miners will be much more efficient.
- zapu 13y agoNot really, there is no way you could buy mining equipment right now and make net profits. There are several calculators online that take difficulty increase into account.
- c0ldfusi0nz 13y agoThe simple answer to your question is no.
- dan1234 13y agoI don't think the RPi could be much more than a status monitor for connected ASICs. The Pi's CPU is capable of around 0.2MHashes/sec at 3.75W[0] whereas even a weedy USB ASIC such as the BitForce SC 5Gh/s is capable of 5,000MHashes/sec at 30W[1] [0]https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#ARM https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#ARM [1]https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#ASIC https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#ASIC
- goostavos 13y agoAh, well, there ya go. Shows I haven't put much thought into it. I'll have to find another reason to justify building a Pi cluster! ;)
- prezjordan 13y agoYou would pay far more for the electricity consumed.