[Nottingham] Cryptocoin Mining (Re: [Talk] *TODAY* 8:30pm Thursday 22/10/2020: On the Cusp of a Ray)

[Boris]

Hi Folks

Particular thanks to Martin for the link and in return I enclose a link for
another item of interest
The Fall of the Cabal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CoBtR_mxQQ

On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 4:35 PM Martin via Nottingham <
nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Good fun videoconf last Thursday night :-)
>
>
> One point of discussion was about cryptocoin mining and how good (or
> not) old servers are for burning electricity to profit from finding new
> cryptocoins...
>
>
> So... We have servers with a few power hungry CPU cores, vs:
>
> AMD Seems To Be Preparing New Blockchain GPU For Cryptomining
> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-navi-10-blockchain-gpu-cryptomining
>
> "10,300 million transistors: the Navi 10 die houses 40 Compute Units
> (CUs), totalling to 2,560 Stream Processors (SPs)"
>
>
> Also note that crypto-miners pack up to 16 of such as those graphics
> cards into a single server chassis to boost the compute (and heat).
>
> And more recently, we have:
>
> "cryptomining has shifted away from graphics cards - the emergence of
> custom-tailored ASIC miners have practically replaced them"
>
>
> Stay safe!
>
> And have fun!!
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
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