I had the same thought back in 2012. The lab had just upgraded to the most expensive i7s available at the time. After reviewing my lab agreement, I quickly real

I had the same thought back in 2012. The lab had just upgraded to the most expensive i7s available at the time. After reviewing my lab agreement, I quickly realized they could sue me for my organs. A saner choice would have been to set one miner off, look at the results after 24 hours, and finally multiply that by 100. In retrospect, looking back at the benefit/risk analysis, you gained very little and risked too much! Sometimes, especially in computing, sanity is asphyxiated by adrenaline. Just remember, you walked a dangerous line and to be more careful in your actions. The new acts/laws treating simple computational offenses as criminal charges are very extreme.