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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by Dylan16807 on Monday December 18, 2017 @03:15PM (#15955060)
Remember, a hash that takes much longer than 10 minutes is worth absolutely nothing. You don't get a coin, and you can't participate in a pool.
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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by astrodust on Monday December 18, 2017 @06:23PM (#15956383)
What if you had a time machine and a lot of paper and pencils?
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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by Dylan16807 on Monday December 18, 2017 @06:42PM (#15956509)
Go back a few years and trade a ream of paper for the 10k pizza bitcoins.
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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by tehlike on Monday December 18, 2017 @10:38PM (#15957540)
Heck, even pay the guy 100$ and say you are taking a huge risk here.
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