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Re: Use CRIO to mine bitcoins?

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Originally Posted by Isaac501 View Post
Bitcoin?? Didn't the bottom just fall out of this ridiculous scheme anyway?

Distributed computing has been around for a long time - RC5-64, SETI@home, F@H... Projects that are intellectual or beneficial to mankind.


Sell your scrap aluminum to a recycler. You'll make more money.

Find a fundraiser that's worthwhile, that your entire team can participate in.
"The bottom fell out" his a highly relative term.

It dropped about 40% ($80 or so) after having skyrocketed by three times that. It's not something to put all of your life savings into, but it's not entirely without merit either.

Keep in mind it's only a few years old now, it may very well stabilize in the future.

That said, there's absolutely no reason to attempt to use the cRIO for mining. ASIC (application-specific hardware) silicon has completely dominated bitcoin mining even though it's only been available for a few months. There's not a snowball's chance in hell of competing against that.
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