Bitcoining on a 1401

emanuel stiebler emu at e-bbes.com
Thu May 28 13:05:14 CDT 2015


On 2015-05-28 12:00, Fred Cisin wrote:
> On Thu, 28 May 2015, jwsmobile wrote:
>> I saw this article over on the Hercules group, and was amused.
>> http://www.righto.com/2015/05/bitcoin-mining-on-55-year-old-ibm-1401.html
>
> Is the bitcoin output anywhere close to enough to pay for the costs of
> running a 1401?

Probably not. Quoting the web page:
" ... but so slowly it would take more than the lifetime of the universe 
to successfully mine a block "

;-)


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