Re: Is "folding proteins at home" a good comparison to "mining"
In Folding@Home, you earn no money for your work, purchases, and expenses and power bill.
In mining, you make money.
Guess which one I chose!
I used to fold on my PCs. I ran my own PC repair business on the side for years and I used to install F@H surreptitiously on people's computers as a service and advise them to keep the PC on at all times. Never made me a damn penny, but it seemed like a noble thing to do for the greater good at the time.
DAMN do I wish I had heard of Bitcoin in late 2008 and knew the history of mining and price per coin it came to have! I'd be a billionaire right now! DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT !!!!!!
In early 2010 I built a folding PC with 4 8800GTs in it, knowing nothing of Bitcoin. What a misinformed fool I was........
In mining, you make money.
Guess which one I chose!
I used to fold on my PCs. I ran my own PC repair business on the side for years and I used to install F@H surreptitiously on people's computers as a service and advise them to keep the PC on at all times. Never made me a damn penny, but it seemed like a noble thing to do for the greater good at the time.
DAMN do I wish I had heard of Bitcoin in late 2008 and knew the history of mining and price per coin it came to have! I'd be a billionaire right now! DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT !!!!!!
In early 2010 I built a folding PC with 4 8800GTs in it, knowing nothing of Bitcoin. What a misinformed fool I was........
I feel you mate, i used to play Dragons Tale which is how i got into Bitcoins back in 2012 i believe and i remember winning around 70 bitcoins, had as much as 100 bitcoins not long after. If only i`d kept them till they were $1000 each and not blown the lot on silk road while they were worth $10 each sigh..