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Have any of you superb and clever people managed to mine from your graphics cards?
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Yes I agree, I already run folding at home on my xeon workstation using the CPUs.
I didn't know about the GOL team though, I shall join it.
Thanks for your input.
Last edited by nattydread on 27 November 2020 at 12:44 pm UTC
It should be obvious, but think about the climate crisis we are in and avoid such completely unnecessary non-sense such as cryptocurrency mining.
Turn of the computers when all (rather) useful stuff is done.
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Yes that's a very good point.
However the, waste heat goes to heating the house,
whereas otherwise I would be burning wood or gas to keep warm.
Last edited by nattydread on 28 November 2020 at 1:13 am UTC
I think the problem is the production and distribution of the required electrical power (coal ? nuclear ? etc), not the heat dissipation of the computer components.
1. In summer this logic doesn't apply, it's the opposite.
2. Many people still have manual or inaccurate thermostats, so the heating system will not adjust (=waste of more energy).
3. Many people use servers(/computers) (for crypto-mining) that run either in some serverfarm or in rooms in the house that don't need heating (like rooms in the basement or the attic).
That is also an additional point.
If you use gas for heating for example, it is already much better than energy produced out of coal.
And there are of course even better energy systems: heat pumps (uses heat from the ground), solar-heated water-systems etc.
Also there is always a loss when energy needs to be transported.
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https://ioquake3.org/2019/06/13/ioquake3-security-notice-06-13-19-test-builds-possibly-compromised/
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Oh that's very naughty.
I also have used cryptos for buying games, I hope valve gives the option again for paying in bitcoin it was very useful.
For example for buying a game in the steam store I have to pay 65% of taxes, that seems absurd and robbery, that's why for me sometimes paying in cryptos makes sense, even if the game is tagged more expensive in cryptos.
Stablecoins like Tether are ideal for countries like mine having economy fluctuations.
Last edited by Koopacabras on 29 November 2020 at 1:00 am UTC