tony_4tl4s

Half a year after the S1 dropped, the hashrate skyrocketed. With current gear, we’re pushing 6000MW, way more than back in the day. So much for efficiency gains.

New ASICs can lower the cost of mining while boosting profit margins. Swapping from older to newer models like S9 to S19 shows that. For sure switching saves energy but could hurt security if revenues drop.

Wow, so you thought cloning cards was keeping things decentralized? That's a new one! Newsflash! Bitcoin’s drop means rewards drop and only the strongest survive.

Lol, Skot's joke was obvious. He meant you had to buy the full miner from Bitmain to get the chips, which doesn’t require much protection. But honestly, the cost per hash will be higher for these small miners. They’ll…

If you could get a 2 chip 19W, 1TH miner with a node for around 400 bucks, that would hit the sweet spot!

You gotta be clearer about your issue. This whole hash thing is kinda vague. Did you forget the password or what? You really need that cracked? And let’s be real, if you got this wallet online, there might not be…

Totally! A 25W node with two chips would be optimal but the price needs to be right. I’ve seen some units that get close to what’s needed.

Yeah, but seriously, you’d need millions of those 10W devices... to have even 1%-2% of the hash rate.

I got curious about that email, and the first thing I found was a Reddit thread about this 25 MW solar farm. Seriously, how does he expect us to believe that? Anyone producing that much wouldn’t be making such basic…

Haha, that was skot9000 who joked about it! Turns out he got them straight from Bitmain, not Zeus.

And check this out: they might've snagged the chips from here!

Yeah, the cooling is key. It’s not super small considering the specs mention 2520 cm3, while Apollo is about 1500. Also, it’ll be taller than the Mac mini. Noise is another issue to think about.

Are they even going to ask for new addresses from creditors? I’m wondering if they’ll just use old withdrawal addresses from their database.

Honestly, the real question is whether we’ll get back BTC or the value it had back then. That could really change the speed of the court process.

Lol, it’s not heavy enough to be a proper anchor. - Selling it just under the cheapest price should get it gone fast. - You could use it as a heater too, if your electric isn’t crazy expensive. - Or turn it into some…

This is one of the wildest ideas I’ve seen. At least give a normal gyroscope a shot like the Russians tried two decades ago, but they flopped. Tidal energy is way easier to use using the moon’s rotation. Building…

When you talk about the US, we have solid data from companies like Riot and Marathon. Recently, by the end of 2021, they had about 30 Exa hash, aiming for 75 by the end of this year. So that might get the US share to…

That can’t be right. Germany still has the highest energy rates in Europe, and you're saying they hold only 5% of the global hashrate? Sounds off to me. Russia must have at least that or more.

What exactly happened to McAfee? I mean, it sounds crazy, but did he really have to face such a fate?

You’re not factoring in interest. $1 in a bank would’ve grown a bit over the years, but still, investments outpace that by a lot. If you just stashed cash, that’s a bad move.