The only way I can think of for mining on xbox or wii to be worth while is to have a coin that is exclusive only for wii or xbox, then it has a good potential.
But the chances of someone coming out a way to exploit it is too high.
Topic: Can you mine with an xbox or wii? (Read 7832 times)
Is someone willing to explain me a bit how does this work (mining). I have heard much about mining but don't know from where to take enough information.
Lol that'd be sick
its not advisable to mine btc with anything other than the newest and strongest asic miners. mining with CPU or gpu is just a waste of resources.
It was for academic interest. Even then the particular specs may lend itself to good miners for some of the alts which uses mixed algos.
PS3's cell processor can handle a lot of floating point operations per second. It could possibly be used to mine a CPU only coin very efficiently.
The thought of mining with a wii seems so ridiculous for some reason 
Not expecting the Wii mine games anytime soon.
Not expecting the Wii mine games anytime soon.
its not advisable to mine btc with anything other than the newest and strongest asic miners. mining with CPU or gpu is just a waste of resources.
it will be interesting to see if it is possible to mine with gaming console
anyone share a link to tutorial if it can be done
i will give it a try with just for knowledge since i don't think it will profitable to mine with those
anyone share a link to tutorial if it can be done
i will give it a try with just for knowledge since i don't think it will profitable to mine with those
you can mine with everything that has gpu or cpu, but it will not be worth it
It will be if you're mining WOW Gold
you can mine with everything that has gpu or cpu, but it will not be worth it
Yes of course, this is just theoretical talking.. ok maybe some alts mining..
you can mine with everything that has gpu or cpu, but it will not be worth it
Consoles generally have weaker GPUs compared to normal desktop computers. Yes, you can mine using it but buying an ASIC would be more practical than shortening the lifespan of your console with little to no returns after deducting electrical fees.
Well, if you can mine with a NES, its possible to mine with anything past that.. wow, retrominer project is amazing.
what about a DS / DSI?
Solo with 3x knc titan. 1000mhs scrypt.
Makes about 0.5 btc per day, and I quit my job.
Wow nice!
I don't know to much about mining stuff.. can you tell how much did you spend for that miners?
xbox uses ATI GPU, so in principle it should be able to mine GPU only coins profitably. How easy it is in practice or is it even worth burning up the box for remains to be seen, xbox suffers from poor ventilation issues.
no i am mining 42coin
I'd like to see, a Xbox mining coins, whilst it's idle and then depositing this, as credit, back in to the internet, for the user to benefit from, when he/she plays.
Given this would cost the user substantially more in electricity than they'd see in bitcoin, I doubt they'd consider it much of a "benefit".Quote
Riddle: if I mine 2.0btc in 30 days with only 1x 1500watt miner, how am I doing it?
In the past.
Now that Microsoft accepted BTC as a payment method, it might also lead to some developments on the console side.
I'd like to see, a Xbox mining coins, whilst it's idle and then depositing this, as credit, back in to the internet, for the user to benefit from, when he/she plays.
I'd like to see, a Xbox mining coins, whilst it's idle and then depositing this, as credit, back in to the internet, for the user to benefit from, when he/she plays.
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