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OftenBen  ·  3027 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Satoshi Did

The machine doesn't have to be much more powerful than a normal gaming PC, and bitcoin miners are optimized to reduce energy waste as much as possible.

The problem is more that it takes a long time to mine a single bitcoin these days, and unless you routinely spend a lot of time in places where you wouldn't be paying for electricity, it's not really cost-effective to be mining bitcoins.