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Re: Possible to Mine Bitcoins Using Desktop?
by
mocacinno
on 29/03/2017, 11:09:43 UTC
Possible, yeah, but not ideal. I am not a master on the topic, but I think mining requires a powerful computer which works 24/7. The cost of the equipment + electricity cost is greater than the one you'd be mining using a regular desktop.

(I once asked if I could mine using a laptop - no. Not ideal. Mining will burn the laptop + it will cost electricity)

Please read my post right above your post...


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At current diff, it would, on average, take you 1049310635 days to mine a block with an i7 CPU mining at 100% 24/7, that's about 3 million years. Since the diff is rising, the time to mine a single block will even be a lot longer in reality.

~snip~

So, altough it's THEORETICALLY possible to mine bitcoins with a CPU, please don't make these statements because they'll confuse new members.

Now please, stop stating that it's possible to mine using a CPU... Statements like this will cause new members to try it, burning their pc's/laptops for literally 0 profit.