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getagrip_already

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11. Mining is extremely compute intensive

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #10)

Wed Aug 7, 2024, 08:25 PM

Aug 2024

It uses a lot of gpus running constantly trying to crack viable blockchains. Once a new working blockchain is found, it can be sold.

Thats one of the reasons gaming gpus are so pricey. They are also used by bitcoin miners, who buy them by the truckload, which keeps the supply scarce and prices high.

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Maine: Utility company's proposal to rat out hidden marijuana operations to police raises privacy concerns [View all] Eugene Aug 2024 OP

Privacy concerns? Are you kidding me? What if it was a person being held against their will, or some other thing SWBTATTReg Aug 2024 #1

What does electricity use have to do with kidnapping? getagrip_already Aug 2024 #5

I would think that such an operation like this, a server farm, would have alternate backups, and more than SWBTATTReg Aug 2024 #6

Why? getagrip_already Aug 2024 #7

The server farm that I aware of, a small one, did indeed have a different infrastructure, and all of it was enclosed SWBTATTReg Aug 2024 #8

Im thinking more of bitcoin mining, or some ai app gen getagrip_already Aug 2024 #9

Ahhh...makes sense, requires a different kind of setup from what little I've read about bitcoin mining. Don't SWBTATTReg Aug 2024 #10

Mining is extremely compute intensive getagrip_already Aug 2024 #11

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