Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day (2014)

Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by alisonkisk on Monday February 15, 2021 @03:49PM (#26147166)

I think the Universe is telling you something, and you know what it is.

Why do you want to be in a mining pool, instead of buying bitcoin?

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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by ComputerGuru on Monday February 15, 2021 @03:56PM (#26147257)

Hahaha, point taken. Mainly as an experiment to see if heating my home office with an RTX 2080 that's taking a break from ML while I'm busy with other things can generate enough heat while offsetting my electrical bill to be a more cost-effective alternative to the dirt-cheap but terribly inefficient natural gas furnace.

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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by chris-orgmenta on Monday February 15, 2021 @06:26PM (#26149041)

Interesting thought.

Some calculations that make this sound viable (anyone able to verify?): https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/100684

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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by wmf on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:00PM (#26147314)

For that purpose probably just use NiceHash. Sure, there's a probability that you won't get paid but it's basically free money anyway.

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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by TameAntelope on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:04PM (#26147367)

Because I've got this 3080 sitting around since I don't game as much as I thought I would, and I feel bad about it.

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