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Previously on "Bitcoin mining"

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  • DimPrawn
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    Left wing controlled BBC are calling for Bitcoin miners to be imprisoned.

    BBC News - Bitcoin miners generating high energy bills

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  • Paddy
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    I'm surprised this hasn't piqued the interest of anyone here, using high end GPU's to mine blocks, after all each block is "worth" about $5000.

    There's Bitcoins in them there GPU's!!!

    Yee ha!!
    Just for a bit of fun I started mining them a year ago. I mentioned Bitcoin on this forum and there was no interest at the time. It is only after publicity that people show interest

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  • DimPrawn
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    It's got all the geek ingredients.

    High end cryptography, homebrew number crunching rigs, money making, hacking and security, somewhat shady....

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  • Notascooby
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    I'm surprised this hasn't piqued the interest of anyone here, using high end GPU's to mine blocks, after all each block is "worth" about $5000.

    There's Bitcoins in them there GPU's!!!

    Yee ha!!
    Was thinking that of using Techila and Matlab

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  • DimPrawn
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    As it gets harder to mine them, the price will surely rise!

    I'm a Bitcoin billionaire in the making!

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    The average block takes about a year to process
    Solar panels on yer roof to power the rig, and that's $5000 a year for nowt.

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  • SimonMac
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    I'm surprised this hasn't piqued the interest of anyone here, using high end GPU's to mine blocks, after all each block is "worth" about $5000.

    There's Bitcoins in them there GPU's!!!

    Yee ha!!
    The average block takes about a year to process

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  • DimPrawn
    started a topic Bitcoin mining

    Bitcoin mining

    I'm surprised this hasn't piqued the interest of anyone here, using high end GPU's to mine blocks, after all each block is "worth" about $5000.

    There's Bitcoins in them there GPU's!!!

    Yee ha!!

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