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Re:I heat my home by mining crypto currencies by salawat on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @03:11PM (#26242274)
You're still maximizing power generation demand. That makes environmental issues worse even if it does make fiscal sense. You aren't "using power tgat would go to waste anyway".

All power is JIT. It makes a difference.

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Re:I heat my home by mining crypto currencies by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @04:00PM (#26242828)
> You aren't "using power tgat would go to waste anyway".

That's not what I said.

I'm not "using power that would go to waste anyways", I'm generating heat that I would have needed anyways.

In other words, I need to add a little bit of heat to this room. I can either run a small space heater on Low and consume about 300W and get nothing but 300W of heat, or I can mine crypto and consume around 300W, generate the heat I wanted, and earn about $200/month on top of it.

In either case, I'm consuming 300W. I might as well make money in the process.

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