Reports indicate that mining a single Bitcoin now costs far more in electricity than it's worth, even at sky-high prices.
    • kbal@fedia.io
      50·
      6 个月前

      Bitcoin mining hasn’t had anything to do with GPUs since 2014. Ether, since 2022. It’s the AI people you’re looking for.

    • LumpyPancakes@lemm.ee
      9·
      6 个月前

      I don’t think GPU are used for bitcoin any more? You need ASICs to be able to hope for any return on investment.

      • Hirom@beehaw.orgOP
        3·
        6 个月前

        Malware that feature crypto mining is probably still using GPUs, since the person getting the coins is not paying the utility bill.

    • four@lemmy.zipEnglish
      7·
      6 个月前

      Hey, sorry to break it to you, but there’s this thing called “AI”…