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Re:Why so many things cost exactly zero by konschubert on Saturday January 18, 2020 @07:04PM (#22088340)
On a CPU it’s gonna be dollars or electricity.

The whole point of profitable mining is to build asics such that the cost of electricity gets lower than the mining rewards.

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Re:Why so many things cost exactly zero by wmf on Saturday January 18, 2020 @07:29PM (#22088477)
21 was pitching IoT ASIC mining and it still looked like a waste of electricity.
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