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abrkn | 4 years ago

GPUs are not used for Bitcoin mining

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chmod775|4 years ago

On Ebay I can find around a dozen people just in my local area trying to sell their mining rigs with stuff like 5 x 3070 cards: https://i.imgur.com/nI8GYsG.png

Graphics cards were definitely bought in stupid amounts for this purpose.

Maybe not for Bitcoin anymore, since there is specialized hardware now, but it doesn't really matter which proof-of-watts-per-hour cryptocurrency we're talking about. They're all shit and the planet would be better off without them.

cwkoss|4 years ago

GPUs haven't been profitable for bitcoin mining for ~8 years.

Only people who are rationally mining bitcoin with GPUs are those who don't pay for their own power.

Hashes per watt efficiency has risen very fast.

webinvest|4 years ago

They’re not for Bitcoin. ASICS are used for mining Bitcoin, not GPUs. Notice which cryptocurrency they’re for.

thr0waw4yz|4 years ago

Without bitcoin, there wouldn't be cryptocurrencies mined with GPUs.