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Re: Use CRIO to mine bitcoins?

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Originally Posted by ferret_guy View Post
It looks like using the crio II Spartan-6 fpga you get about 100 Mhash/s so if 2500 teams do 100 Mhash/s you would do 250 Ghash/s or ~$56,975.96 a month
You're not accounting for the opportunity cost (of whatever those resources could be used for alternatively), the operating costs (like power and labour) or the externalized costs (such as the environmental impact of consuming that power).

Also, 2 500 teams? Not particularly likely.