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Re:Ask HN: I'm late to the crypto currencies boom, what are ... by jliptzin on Friday August 11, 2017 @11:07AM (#14990402)
Unless you are situated next to a hydro electric power station that provides very cheap electricity stay away from this. you will build a rig then as the difficulty goes up you'll watch all your profit eaten away by electricity costs.
Re:Ask HN: I'm late to the crypto currencies boom, what are ... by jrs95 on Friday August 11, 2017 @01:35PM (#14992311)
Yeah, I was sort of concerned about what 20xx Nvidia cards could end up doing to the difficulty. I'm really only considering it because I'd also use those cards for other things.