Re:Making $114 a day mining Bitcoin in Jakarta
by smsm42 on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @08:07PM
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$114 a day is equivalent of $14.25 working 8 hrs/day. I think there are many ways to make $14/hr without investing in expensive equipment (which will also need to be replaced eventually running that hot). Actually, person that is capable of building such thing and keeping it working could probably easily fetch much more than $14/hr.
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Re:Making $114 a day mining Bitcoin in Jakarta
by seiryuz on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @09:34PM
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Hi, I'm a web develop from Jakarta. $114/day is really big here. Our IT/CS fresh grad usually get a salary ranging from $250 to $300/month.
Re:Making $114 a day mining Bitcoin in Jakarta
by kbenson on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @08:23PM
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Ah, but what does $114 a day buy you in Jakarta? If it pays for your housing and expenses, that's not a bad way to spend an extended beach vacation...
Edit: Also, depending on how you want to look at it, the hour value is a bit off. $114/day * 7 days/week / 40 hours/week = $19.95.
Re:Making $114 a day mining Bitcoin in Jakarta
by edvinbesic on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @08:47PM
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Also, it doesn't exclude the option of a day job + the $114 you get "for free" once you've set up the farm.
Re:Making $114 a day mining Bitcoin in Jakarta
by smsm42 on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @11:16PM
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As far as I understood from the article, this thing is not set up and forget affair, it requires maintenance. I imagine if you leave it and some cooler breaks, it could very well cause a fire or melt down completely.
Re:Making $114 a day mining Bitcoin in Jakarta
by daniel-cussen on Thursday October 17, 2013 @06:56AM
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Not really. If one cooler breaks, the card shuts off on its own.