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Previously on "DimPrawn's stupid idea of the month"

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  • AtW
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    It would be a lot cheaper to buy them at 10 cent a coin when the imminent crash happens...

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  • Bunk
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    At the moment a turbine would be better than a solar panel.
    Diesel generator

    That's where the cash is.

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  • SpontaneousOrder
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Is it not the case a finite amount of BC exist? And that they only need to be found?

    Isn't the whole BC mining malarky just not an x-prize for the first commercial quantum computer? Will mining not become obsolete on that day?
    Mining is a synonym for finding, in this context. You have to expend effort to discover them though, so mining probably sounds more descriptive than finding.

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  • minestrone
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    Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
    Or attach a dynamo to your turbo trainer.
    attach a dynamo to someone else's turbo trainer.

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  • mudskipper
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    Or attach a dynamo to your turbo trainer.

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  • BrilloPad
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    At the moment a turbine would be better than a solar panel.

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  • administrator
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Mining BitCoins

    However, cost of the energy outways the profit.

    Solar panels, heavily subsidised in the name of Global Warming, mean free electricity.

    So turn sunny days into cash.
    50% off peak and massive problems in the markets with MtGox, not a great time to start... Still, at least you haven't been doing it for years and seen all the currency you thought you had disappear

    What hardware did you get?

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  • hyperD
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Mining BitCoins

    However, cost of the energy outways the profit.

    Solar panels, heavily subsidised in the name of Global Warming, mean free electricity.

    So turn sunny days into cash.


    I reckon looking out of the window, you could start in, say, June?

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  • scooterscot
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    Is it not the case a finite amount of BC exist? And that they only need to be found?

    Isn't the whole BC mining malarky just not an x-prize for the first commercial quantum computer? Will mining not become obsolete on that day?

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  • tomtomagain
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    Just steal them from MtGox.

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  • Scruff
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    I'm in sunny South Africa and would like to turn a quick buck? Fine if you want to gimme £50K and I'll sell you the sunshine?

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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Mining BitCoins

    However, cost of the energy outways the profit.

    Solar panels, heavily subsidised in the name of Global Warming, mean free electricity.

    So turn sunny days into cash.
    You need to rent a patch of the sahara...

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  • cojak
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    Hiya DP!

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  • DimPrawn
    started a topic DimPrawn's stupid idea of the month

    DimPrawn's stupid idea of the month

    Mining BitCoins

    However, cost of the energy outways the profit.

    Solar panels, heavily subsidised in the name of Global Warming, mean free electricity.

    So turn sunny days into cash.

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