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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Liquid cooling for GPU miner
by
meeow
on 02/03/2017, 13:32:02 UTC
Yes, farms would probably be our target segment. Any recommendations for penetrating that market? Is this where the farmers hang out, or are there other more specialized forums?

I would say large scale miners are a rarity in the US, and most of the time even they optimize for cost over stability.

Here is what one might look like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR8cpsc66I8&t=172s

Mining is different from server applications because 100% uptime (and often fire safety and proper cooling) isn't a primary concern for many if it means cost savings. This is because miners need to ROI as fast as possible, not only due to the volatility of crypto prices, but also new hardware making old hardware obsolete or unreasonably inefficient (rising difficulty).

Generally, people who mine at a large scale do it in cold regions in China, where electricity is cheap and exotic cooling isn't necessary. Put bluntly, I don't think it is feasible to get miners to pay a premium for liquid cooling.