geekmasterflash
geekmasterflash t1_j9vouo2 wrote
Reply to comment by HarryHacker42 in Massachusetts man charged after hiding cryptocurrency mining rig in school crawl space by MajesticOuting
He could have them in parallel/clustered, so despite being several physical devices it would not be incorrect to call them one mining rig/system.
geekmasterflash t1_j9vo9zz wrote
Reply to Massachusetts man charged after hiding cryptocurrency mining rig in school crawl space by MajesticOuting
lol, I work in a colocation facility. We have hundreds of these mining setups. It used to be thousands, but a lot of people have begun to realize the cost in electricity to the rate of return on actually mined coin is no longer profitable and hasn't been for almost 6 years, at least.
I would not be shocked if despite running this for potentially months to years before being caught, I would bet dollars to donuts it never generated anywhere near the $18,000 he is being charged for.
geekmasterflash t1_j9vnomh wrote
Reply to comment by NotARussianAgent in Massachusetts man charged after hiding cryptocurrency mining rig in school crawl space by MajesticOuting
Oh man, we should take bets on this one:
Is this person a cringe anarcho-capitalist/libertarian, or, are they a Marxists?
geekmasterflash t1_j9xalxt wrote
Reply to comment by bobmcrobber in Massachusetts man charged after hiding cryptocurrency mining rig in school crawl space by MajesticOuting
Hmm, that might suggest the later, but I have seen ancaps convincing themselves that today's capitalism isn't capitalism and post on antiwork so you never know.