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Re:New Mersenne Prime discovered (probably) by andrepd on Saturday October 19, 2024 @12:15PM (#41888670)
I remember calculating that the 0.08 btc that I was mining per day on my desktop wasn't worth the electricity.
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Re:New Mersenne Prime discovered (probably) by lupire on Saturday October 19, 2024 @04:25PM (#41890516)
That's exactly how Bitcoin is designed to autobalance. It's only worthwhile if you believe demand will increase in future.
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