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Do providers use idle capacity cryptomining?
Suppose you have invested in a server farm or a rack or two, and you're waiting for business to arrive -- or there's always that headroom that you keep in the form of buffer capacity; do providers use this spare capacity to mine bitcoin or any other crypto currency?
Just wondering.
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Heard the electricity bill for mining would be very prohibitive... but I am no expert so I can't confirm if it is really the case
What about resellers then who don’t have to care about electricity bill
I did that awhile for Folding@Home.
I pay for a bulk of power soo makes no difference if the servers are full tilt or not. Besides putting strain on the hardware.
apart from a huge electricity bill, doesn't mine a cryptocurrency will degrade the hardware lifespan?
Basically pointless in 2020 unless you're mining some dodgy shitcoin, or have a warehouse full of miners and free electricity.
I think its cheaper to run the server idle then pay for electricial bill