Author

Topic: Massive factory of untapped mining potential. (Read 1129 times)

legendary
Activity: 854
Merit: 1000
January 03, 2015, 12:39:38 PM
#8
If you get caught  (you probably will),you will be  fired ASAP, it is really worth to lose your job for a few dollars a month?

legendary
Activity: 2688
Merit: 1192
Besides the fact it is very wrong, the company will notice when the power bill starts to spike.
sr. member
Activity: 252
Merit: 250
Hello Everyone,

So I work in a factory. There are dozens of computers on the plant floor. I counted at least 40. Now these computers aren't used all the time but they are turned on 24/7.

I recently got an idea to use the computers in the factory to mine bitcoins. I would need to run a bitcoin mining program that is hidden in the background of windows PCs. I also need to be able to adjust the percentage of the resources used by this program.

Is this possible?

If it is possible how would this impact network traffic?



You won't want to do that . Only mining altcoins might be profitable.
You can get in serious trouble. I had a similar issue in college. They had various FPGA's lying around, and I was trying to run a miner on it Smiley
 The professor somehow got to know, and told me not to do it.
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
Hello Everyone,

So I work in a factory. There are dozens of computers on the plant floor. I counted at least 40. Now these computers aren't used all the time but they are turned on 24/7.

I recently got an idea to use the computers in the factory to mine bitcoins. I would need to run a bitcoin mining program that is hidden in the background of windows PCs. I also need to be able to adjust the percentage of the resources used by this program.

Is this possible?

If it is possible how would this impact network traffic?



You can do it, but mining an altcoin may be more profitable. Look into CPU mineable coins, because I suspect your company computers won't have high end GPU's in them.
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1000
December 30, 2014, 08:20:17 PM
#4
Might as well turn in your letter for leaving as you do this.  Look at proper use clause on IT assets in company policy's.
full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 100
December 30, 2014, 12:03:30 PM
#3
Hello Everyone,

So I work in a factory. There are dozens of computers on the plant floor. I counted at least 40. Now these computers aren't used all the time but they are turned on 24/7.

I recently got an idea to use the computers in the factory to mine bitcoins. I would need to run a bitcoin mining program that is hidden in the background of windows PCs. I also need to be able to adjust the percentage of the resources used by this program.

Is this possible?

If it is possible how would this impact network traffic?



Thats scary, hope no one can caught if you will do that.

Sorry for my BAD English! Sad
donator
Activity: 1057
Merit: 1021
December 30, 2014, 10:48:23 AM
#2
no. 
newbie
Activity: 1
Merit: 0
December 29, 2014, 11:44:18 PM
#1
Hello Everyone,

So I work in a factory. There are dozens of computers on the plant floor. I counted at least 40. Now these computers aren't used all the time but they are turned on 24/7.

I recently got an idea to use the computers in the factory to mine bitcoins. I would need to run a bitcoin mining program that is hidden in the background of windows PCs. I also need to be able to adjust the percentage of the resources used by this program.

Is this possible?

If it is possible how would this impact network traffic?

Jump to: