Bitcoining on a 1401

[js at cimmeri.com]

On 5/28/2015 1:05 PM, emanuel stiebler wrote:
> 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 "
>
> ;-)
>
>

Wow.  Are common machines now really *billions* of times faster??

- J