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To: djf

Yes but I only recently started so I haven’t made that much. You have to join a pool unless you want to devote serious hardware to the task. Then you can add workers to it giving you a better return. It’s pretty simple. I devote a few older machines to the task and just leave them running. I wasn’t using them anymore anyway, 2 macs and 2 PCs.


6 posted on 04/11/2013 2:38:34 PM PDT by rudabaga
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To: rudabaga

What I don’t understand is why GPU’s are supposed to be so much better than CPU’s for mining.

Maybe GPU’s have some kind of vector-based instructions that work better on long strings of cryptographic data...

I wonder if the codes will ever get cracked? Mathematically, it’s possible, but supposed to take billions of years.

You never know. Some 12 year old in Iowa or something might come up with it and Bitcoin comes crashin to the ground!


8 posted on 04/11/2013 2:56:42 PM PDT by djf (Rich widows: My Bitcoin address is... 1ETDmR4GDjwmc9rUEQnfB1gAnk6WLmd3n6)
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To: rudabaga

Make sure you are above the threshold or you will be burning more electricity than you are producing bitcoins.


10 posted on 04/11/2013 10:54:06 PM PDT by willyd
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