A Bitcoin miner in every hand

Re:A Bitcoin miner in every hand by pavel_lishin on Monday May 18, 2015 @03:27PM (#9566358)

"Hang on, I just rode my bike to the office, let me plug it into my parking spot so I can discharge the capacitor and get paid for the ride up here and I'll come up to your office."

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Re:A Bitcoin miner in every hand by def_illiterate on Monday May 18, 2015 @03:45PM (#9566461)

We're having fun at this, but I think you may have just found a way to better gamify wellness initiatives...

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Re:A Bitcoin miner in every hand by nols on Monday May 18, 2015 @04:17PM (#9566625)

Bicycle riders only produce a few hundred watts, while an average kilowatt/hr is worth 12 cents.

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Re:A Bitcoin miner in every hand by wcoenen on Monday May 18, 2015 @05:49PM (#9567061)

It's kilowatt-hour, not kilowatt/hour. Multiply, not divide.

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Re:A Bitcoin miner in every hand by bryogenic on Monday May 18, 2015 @10:00PM (#9567807)

It's kilowatt*hour not kilowatt-hour. Multiply, not subtract.

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Re:A Bitcoin miner in every hand by michaeldunworth on Monday May 18, 2015 @10:30PM (#9567883)

Haha, thought the same.

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Re:A Bitcoin miner in every hand by pablovidal85 on Monday May 18, 2015 @03:56PM (#9566506)

Exercise bikes that mine bitcoin. Hey Tesla, who needs batteries if you can store energy as monetary value.

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Re:A Bitcoin miner in every hand by nitrogen on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @12:01AM (#9568084)

As with commodities trading, the actual product has to exist somewhere.

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Re:A Bitcoin miner in every hand by mentat on Monday May 18, 2015 @03:32PM (#9566383)

Reminds me of The Calorie Man which is quite good if disturbing.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7805265-the-calorie-man

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Re:A Bitcoin miner in every hand by bottled_poe on Monday May 18, 2015 @10:47PM (#9567935)

So where does the energy to move the bike come from?

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