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We are surrounded by legends on this forum. Phenomenal successes and catastrophic failures. Then there are the scams. This forum is a digital museum.The original of that quote is from theymos:
As a member of the forum, you are surrounded by legends; phenomenal successes and catastrophic failures.
I generated 5 blocks today on my Pentium processor.
Some old posts from young theymos are nice to put things into perspective, like:
5) Generating is still profitable, even on my ancient computers. Bitcoin uses $0.25 per day in electricity, but I will make on average $0.60 in Bitcoins per day (and I actually value Bitcoins more than the market price). Even if it wasn't profitable, I need a running bitcoind, and I might as well have it helping the network.