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Re:Sandwell Bitcoin mine found stealing electricity by rtkwe on Friday May 28, 2021 @08:59AM (#27314839)
If you have the money to pay for the electricity you'll see more profit by just buying the BTC at the current market price. You start making money immediately instead of having to make it to the electricity price you paid. So it still only makes sense as a strategy if you're stealing electricity, have an off grid system with excess electricity (or you don't get paid for back feeding the grid) or have a (really really) weird cashflow situation.
Re:Sandwell Bitcoin mine found stealing electricity by josefresco on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:06AM (#27315467)
Let's assume your mining rig costs $1 to run, generates 1 FAKECOIN with a current value of $.90. That first month you pay $0.10 out of pocket for 1 FAKECOIN. If you had just purchased 1 FAKECOIN, it would have cost you $1. 10x the cost. Like a startup, this is not sustainable without external factors changing. "Just buy it directly" requires a separate income.
Re:Sandwell Bitcoin mine found stealing electricity by addingnumbers on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:31AM (#27315750)
Hang on. You think the power company only asks for $0.10 after you use $1 worth of power that month?
Re:Sandwell Bitcoin mine found stealing electricity by josefresco on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:34AM (#27315786)
My mistake, I'm a moron. The math is just worse, because you'd have to cash out some of your FAKECOIN for electricity. I'll accept the downvotes with dignity!
Re:Sandwell Bitcoin mine found stealing electricity by cecilpl2 on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:50AM (#27316880)
You'd have to cash out all of your FAKECOIN for electricity and still be out $0.10, with no FAKECOIN left.
Re:Sandwell Bitcoin mine found stealing electricity by josefresco on Friday May 28, 2021 @05:07PM (#27320514)
Clearly, mining and math on Friday is not for me lol