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Topic: Mining with old Game Consoles? (Read 218 times)

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July 09, 2018, 11:59:10 AM
#7

Yes, that's the thread that I mean, someone whose bump the old thread.

I wonder what he mine right now given the price of zoin and difficulty

Me too, as he said:

Anyway thats Monero.. I dont care about that coin .. I want the NEW coins with low difficulty Wink
More reward..

He may move to another new coin every the current coin's difficulty grow.
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July 09, 2018, 04:22:57 AM
#6
I'm not.
But I've read a few articles related to your question:

https://99bitcoins.com/ps3-bitcoin-mining-does-it-really-work/

https://news.bitcoin.com/mining-bitcoin-old-computers-retro-gaming-consoles/

as I recall, I also have read a thread that posts about it, but I forget which thread it is.  Cheesy

You might referring on these threads

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ps4-xbox-one-console-mining-583428

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/mining-on-gaming-consoles-55382

that guy ukcryptoking got a nice console deal from ebay

I wonder what he mine right now given the price of zoin and difficulty
sr. member
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July 08, 2018, 10:09:32 PM
#5
For all the effort you will have to do to "hack" your consoles into doing this? Probably not worth it at all.


yeah, If it works, maybe we've satisfied with the result, but it may be worthless as mining device (nowadays)

Selling your console would probably more profitable.

I felt the same, and we can use its money for buying some mining devices (if enough).  Cheesy
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July 08, 2018, 09:59:58 PM
#4
For all the effort you will have to do to "hack" your consoles into doing this? Probably not worth it at all.

Old computer processors (some of which are comparable to console CPUs) have long been repurposed to mine cryptocurrencies (mostly CPU-mineable coins), but they have never been very profitable unless you have very cheap electricity and are doing it at economies of scale. You will probably just destroy your console before turning a decent profit. Selling your console would probably more profitable.
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July 08, 2018, 09:31:37 PM
#3
No one for now,
Maybe old tech can use for mining next time for now just Asic, cpu, gpu , hdd and optic"Powx/oPow
sr. member
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July 08, 2018, 09:25:09 PM
#2
I'm not.
But I've read a few articles related to your question:

https://99bitcoins.com/ps3-bitcoin-mining-does-it-really-work/

https://news.bitcoin.com/mining-bitcoin-old-computers-retro-gaming-consoles/

as I recall, I also have read a thread that posts about it, but I forget which thread it is.  Cheesy
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July 08, 2018, 03:38:12 PM
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Does anyone have experience configuring old gaming consoles (wii, xbox, playstation) to be able to mine crypto coins?
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