Quote from: crumbs on September 17, 2013, 01:20:44 PM

Quote from: Akka on September 17, 2013, 01:13:25 PM

Quote from: gollum on September 17, 2013, 12:11:35 PM

The same goes with mining, it is not profitable anymore for you to mine coins at home, it must be done with ASIC and in a large scale to be profitable over time.

Why has it to be done in large scale to be profitable?
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1. Mining with the chips you yourself manufacture, thus eliminating marketing & supply chain expenses.
2. Getting electricity at the best available rate -- anywhere.
3. Maintaining 1,000 miners cost less than maintaining (a single miner) * 1000.
4. etc., etc., etc.

Solar power, yo. Miners should start shipping with solar panels.