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Mine Bitcoins w/ Switch?

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Good discussion, thanks to everyone who's thrown their hat in the ring.
As of this writing, the verdict on generating cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin via contemporary methods using a (single) Switch is:
Possible: Yes
Plausible: Iffy
Profitable: Definitely not
Worth the effort: Sadly, no

However, based on the evidence so far the same is true for any one hardware configuration.
So... Nobody gonna touch on the networked superbrain then?
 
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I don't know much about generating cryptocurrency but I do know that people mine them the way gamers farm for coins in RPGs. I also know it is a passive income, ie money that you don't work to attain.

So I was thinking, I leave my switch on but in sleep mode basically 24/7 so is there even a way to mine BC with a Switch? Had anyone else thought of this idea?

I'm interested in the possibilities and look forward to a knowledgeable user's input.
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I'm sorry after a year running 24/7 you still wouldn't have anything really.
 
LOOOOL...

This is only valuable if you want to do some browser mining donation, else mehhhh...

With my PC on fitgirlrepack site I get ~105.74898282746423 hashes per second using my CPU at 100% there with 8 threads. With my Nvidia Shield Tablet I get like around 30 or 20 something there, can't remember, the efficiency is way better on my Nvidia shield tablet (but this is not exactly a miner with any performance at all or the PC would have a lot more capability there).

For a real mining for you, its totally 100% pointless, you will win nothing and Switches just die easily as they have all kinds of problems and then you would have to go throw 300$ for a new one.

While a PC if you buy a good cooler and a GPU with a very nice cooler, most likely they will be hard to die and the CPU almost impossible without OC. Now if you buy a GPU with a bad cooler (similar to a reference design) even the GPU never lasts much, they run too hot like the crap AMD RX480 reference card I had lol it run at 90Cº high speed jumbo jet loud fan and couldnt even stay at advertised clocks...

Then I took it back to the store and bought a Asus Strix RX480 which is now flashed to strix580 and is WAY better, it has better clocks, is more stable and way less hot as it has a massive cooler with 3 big fans which never gets too loud too.

ps: Anyway I hate miners, you motherF*... now almost no common citizen can buy a GPU, though I think its just another AMD\Nvidia excuse, because if they sell a lot, they profit a lot and prices should come down and they would just keep making a lot more millions, its all a bloody excuse.

EDIT: I forgot to say that even to donate browser mining is pointless as it only gives a few cents-per-day while a full month of my CPU at 100% all the time would increase the electricity bill for like 200€ and my CPU would melt as its at 4.9ghz on air I7 2600K and would fry in no time... Its just better to donate 1 or 2$ if you have no money than actually spending time mine donating.
 
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HI All,

I find this thread very interesting. I see your points, but do not forget the initial question: can be mined with switches or not? And why i am asking this? Very simple: let's presume that we have a lot of very powerful switches: CIsco Catalyst 6500 series, with 2 x 6000W power sources, or HP Procurves with 4 x 1900 W power sources...So a lot of power for mining..BUt the question is: would be that possible?
 
Sure you can! Grab your Joy-Con and do it like Wario!
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Possible: Yes
Worth it: Not even remotely, electricity costs alone would make it horribly inefficient
 
You're gonna KILL the switch before you make any money from mining bitcoin on it, let alone it being actually possible.
 
BobyMiKe said:
HI All,

I find this thread very interesting. I see your points, but do not forget the initial question: can be mined with switches or not? And why i am asking this? Very simple: let's presume that we have a lot of very powerful switches: CIsco Catalyst 6500 series, with 2 x 6000W power sources, or HP Procurves with 4 x 1900 W power sources...So a lot of power for mining..BUt the question is: would be that possible?
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1. Mining does not need high bandwidth network. Heck, it does not even need high bandwidth PCI lanes (dagger hashimoto algorithm (eth)).
2. Big watt != big hash rate lol. If watt = hash rate then everyone would buy bulldozers for mining.
3. If you are asking here whether it is possible or not, then probably you should not try at all. If you want to try mining go to bitcoin forum / google and start searching. It is not that hard.
 
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Bitcoin is not the right cryptocurrency. It hasn't been profitable with anything but ASIC mining for a long time. These days, the top one for GPU mining seems to be Monero. Look into that instead. But the hashrate on weak hardware like that is not going to be worth the trouble, even if it makes you 10 cents a day.
 
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