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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by fendy3002 on Monday February 15, 2021 @05:55PM (#26148712)
Rate of growth. For bitcoin to be useful as currency, it needs to be used by many more people, while idle devices may not grow much more.

However idle devices power consumption also needs to be addressed.

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