tusker@monero.town to Monero@monero.town · 6 months agoLarge botnet taken down, Monero hashrate dropsnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkLarge botnet taken down, Monero hashrate dropsnews.sky.comtusker@monero.town to Monero@monero.town · 6 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarealdalire@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoBest time to start monero mining on your old PC!! No more unfair competition
minus-squareLaser@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoUnfortunately, expected payout here is about 1/4 of energy cost with a machine from less than 5 years ago.
minus-squareDrewski@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoYou gotta look at the future price of Monero ;)
minus-squareLaser@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoBuying XMR from exchanges with the money it would cost me to mine would result in me having 4 times as much XMR in the future at that value, so it’s still not a viable proposition
Best time to start monero mining on your old PC!! No more unfair competition
Unfortunately, expected payout here is about 1/4 of energy cost with a machine from less than 5 years ago.
You gotta look at the future price of Monero ;)
Buying XMR from exchanges with the money it would cost me to mine would result in me having 4 times as much XMR in the future at that value, so it’s still not a viable proposition
Might as well just invest then…