Mine Bitcoins w/ Switch?

[PuNKeMoN]

Wow, another filthy coin miner that wants to destroy the Switch market.

If you read the OP you'd know that I'm not a miner.
Filthy, well I haven't showered since yesterday so I'll give you that.

Gotta say though, last time I checked, Super Mario was all about grabbing up any and every coin he could.

 

[FAST6191]

Alright. So if Bitcoin is out of the question then why not invent a cryptocurrency based on a method a Switch (or many interconnected Switches) could handle? I don't know, name them 8bitcoins or Bitrupees or something like that.

I like the idea somebody posted a couple pages back about linking a bunch of PS3s together. It sounds kind of evil genius-y but completely plausible. And it's already proven to work.
The US Air Force made a super computer out of an assload of PS3s.
Iraq tried making a super computer with a fuckton of PS2s.

So replicate the process but with Switch hardware? Seems legit.

For the first one you linked me a google search about the PS4 but I will play along anyway
The PS3 used a cell processor http://phrack.org/issues/66/13.html#article
At the time it represented a way to do a lot of a certain type of calculations very fast, faster for the same energy (when talking about high performance computing/HPC then energy or calculations per kilowatt is the metric you tend to start using) than other processors/devices on the market for anything like its price point.

The PS2 was not quite as big a standout but had something to it, the "emotion engine" stuff is not something I inclined to dredge up right now.

The switch is a higher end ARM tablet with a not terribly exotic mobile GPU and no real memory*. Anything it could do there will be a thousand devices able to do just as well or better which people will then turn to start using.

*crypto currencies as the name implies deal with encryption related maths. You can bias your chosen algorithm towards things that modern CPUs are good at, things modern GPUs are good at (typically low memory, low storage/small sequence amounts of floating point) and also make either of things need a lot of memory to operate.

 

[PuNKeMoN]

For the first one you linked me a google search about the PS4 but I will play along anyway

Whoops. Fixed!

Thanks for the info, Fast. I appreciate your effort and willingness to entertain and speculate.

 

[xpoverzion]

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.

It would take you about 18 million years to find a single bitcoin with the power of a Switch. Surely, there are better ways to generate some supplemental income, while you are still alive.

 

[Craftyawesome]

Serious answer, no one means bitcoin when talking about mining with standard hardware. The problem is, even if we clocked it to as high as the shield TV, it just wouldn't generate a lot of any altcoin.
Unlike Pascal GPUs, whattomine.com doesn't recommend lowering the power usage on the Maxwell GPU it has, so heating might be a problem.

You also missed the time it was very profitable, so no Homebrew will likely be made.
You could just run switch Linux though.

 

[Pluupy]

using the GPU in the Switch to mine would be like digging the Panama Canal with a spoon.

Basically all that was needed to be said in this thread.

 

[gohan123]

there is a better way. sell your switch, invest the money in any coin you like. hope for the best. either way you could make more profit you propably ever could make in a life time of switch mining or you just lose everything, the same way you would lose everything by paying electricity costs and seeing your switch getting fried.

invent a currency especially for the switch? why would someone do that .. and for what?

 

[gnmmarechal]

Serious answer, no one means bitcoin when talking about mining with standard hardware. The problem is, even if we clocked it to as high as the shield TV, it just wouldn't generate a lot of any altcoin.
Unlike Pascal GPUs, whattomine.com doesn't recommend lowering the power usage on the Maxwell GPU it has, so heating might be a problem.

You also missed the time it was very profitable, so no Homebrew will likely be made.
You could just run switch Linux though.

Remember when some dude made a miner for the NES? lul

 

[xaliax]

I can't watch a video while I'm at work. Somebody would know I'm not doing what I'm supposed to be doing. Sure, I could read about OTHER RIGS but my question was about the console discussed in this section of the forum, and there wasn't already a topic so I asked.
And what is wrong with asking for information on a topic you don't know or are interested in?

Am I entitled to a detailed answer? No. But a detailed answer is helpful. And the point of a community is to help each other.
Am I entitled to a condescending rant stating how someone decided to finally post after a decade just to be a dick? Again, no. But thanks for your excellent contribution.

Honestly dude, just burry your head in the sand...

 

[EclipseSin]

If I could mine bitcoins like I do in an RPG, I wouldn't be here. Lol

 

[The14thfly]

Hahaha.....wait you're serious?

Let me laugh even harder, HAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[PuNKeMoN]

Hahaha.....wait you're serious?

Let me laugh even harder, HAHAHAHAHAHA

Still a better discussion than the old piracy/anti piracy debate.

 

[Red1Reaper]

Still a better discussion than the old piracy/anti piracy debate.

piracy debate? here are not debate about piracy, only about "totally legit backups of games that we for sure own legally wink wink"

 

[FAST6191]

If I could mine bitcoins like I do in an RPG, I wouldn't be here. Lol

Knock yourself out
https://www.cryptomorrow.com/2018/01/08/game-based-cryptocurrencies/
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1128424.0
https://lordmancer2.io/

 

[lordelan]

I don't know much about generating cryptocurrency

For Bitcoin mining you need powerful hardware (or additional hardware plugged into your USB port that does nothing else but mining).

 

[EclipseSin]

Knock yourself out
https://www.cryptomorrow.com/2018/01/08/game-based-cryptocurrencies/
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1128424.0
https://lordmancer2.io/

You misunderstand. I mean that most games you can get rich in an hour. That's not going to happen on crypto without a lot of luck. I know there are mini-games that reward satoshi, and games that use crypto as their foundation.

Liked anyway, some people might like those. Bitcointalk is a good site for info too if anyone is interested.

 

[Yepi69]

Well, in theory you could.
But you could also fry eggs on it while mining for double life efficiency.

 

[dubbz82]

Nothing says great idea like running hardware without much in the way of proper airflow full tilt 24x7. Bitcoin mining wears down well ventilated computers, this would absolutely destroy a switch.

 

[EclipseSin]

You can adjust settings on most miners though. You don't necessarily need to kill the SoC to mine. Mostly it's just not likely to be worth the time + power = {coin}

 

[aos10]

You can coin mining using even a raspberry pi that works when you connect it to any power source, it stupid but manageable.