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Re:Bitcoin mining becomes unprofitable as BTC price falls to... by tarsinge on Sunday June 19, 2022 @03:32AM (#31797093)
I had a setup like this back in 2013 and it worked very well, mining profitability changed everyday between altcoins.
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Re:Bitcoin mining becomes unprofitable as BTC price falls to... by latchkey on Sunday June 19, 2022 @03:48AM (#31797185)
You have to assume that the cost of switching is less than the difference in profitability. Computing that is nearly impossible. It is a case of not knowing what you're losing, but feeling like you got a good deal at the same time.

At least for GPUs, the cost of switching workloads on the fly, is actually quite high.

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