Topic: Estimating the Mining Capabilities of University Network? (Read 111 times)
The biggest issue I see is that all coins that you can mine with a PC require a pretty good graphics card. Schools usually buy pretty barebones PCs with onboard graphics and a minimum of RAM. I am not sure you will be able to mine efficiently enough to cover the power costs of doing so.
Hey everyone, my school is offering an "innovation challenge" that brings new initiatives to the school that brings in more $$/helps costs. Every summer and winter break, only a fraction of the network's bandwidth and computing power is ever used, meaning the school is paying for a lot of network and hardware to just sit. I'd like to propose the network installs mining software that mines BTC, LTC, and ETH at a safe % of CPU/GPU usage during the three month summer vacation and one month winter vacation. First of all, is it even a worthwhile proposition, after electricity costs? This is for a small school of 1400.
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