News The Fastest RTX 3080 Mining Rig Is a BMW i8

[castl3bravo]

Been gaming on a laptop with a gtx1080 for years now. Desktop rigs with overpriced GPUs are a waste of money. Why wait? Get a higher end laptop and take it with you.

 

[Phaaze88]

@cryoburner
~So... cost is irrelevant, they're just flaunting their money. The whiners will make the money sink worth it.

I mean, this(car mining op) is clearly not practical, so there isn't much else it could be.

Been gaming on a laptop with a gtx1080 for years now. Desktop rigs with overpriced GPUs are a waste of money. Why wait? Get a higher end laptop and take it with you.

Pros and cons to both. Not much else to it.

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

Been gaming on a laptop with a gtx1080 for years now. Desktop rigs with overpriced GPUs are a waste of money. Why wait? Get a higher end laptop and take it with you.

I'm a cooling and upgradeability freak, laptops have yet to satisfy me on those fronts

 

[Questors]

I really expected to see a Tesla Model X here -- not a BMW i8. Disappointing. Model S Ludicrous or Plaid would also be acceptable. An i8 just seems so....obsolete.

Indeed.

 

[Clarence_Darrow]

Probably not, at least if we're talking about the mining operation in the back of the car. I can't say I know exactly how much the power produced from from this hybrid car's gas engine costs on a kw/h basis, but it's undoubtedly a lot more expensive than electricity from the wall at home. And this is not something you can leave running for long when the car's gas engine isn't running. Its battery apparently has around 5000kw/h of usable capacity, which would only be good for running this for maybe 3 hours at most with the engine off before the battery would be drained. And of course, if the trunk needs to be open, you can't run it while the car is actually driving anywhere, and you wouldn't leave the car unattended in a public place with the trunk open containing thousands of dollars worth of computer equipment. It might also put additional stresses on the car's electrical system, leading to expensive repair costs down the line. This setup is undoubtedly just for use as an impractical conversation-piece to show off.

Yes, clearly a gimmick. The guy is doing it for fun - spreading word about crypto (maybe not in the best way) The jab at gamers is a reactionary to the thralls of people complaining about not having a 3000 series card and blaming miners. (but makes him look like a dick). Looking at usage statistics on mining pools, its the 3060ti that miners are primarily snapping up. For good reason.

 

[Questors]

This article only fuels his agenda; making him more known, and ticking off more folks in the process.
Did this article really need to go up? This guy needs to be ignored; he's being fed more salty tears, of which he's more than happy to drink, or bathe in.

There are people out there that live off of others' dissatisfaction. If people articulate that, then:

This can only bother those who allow themselves to be bothered. Put up the article and let us discuss it. It's comical to me that people would get offended and/or angry by it.

 

[Phaaze88]

This can only bother those who allow themselves to be bothered. Put up the article and let us discuss it. It's comical to me that people would get offended and/or angry by it.

True.
What I was getting at is this is big time click bait. Some people can't resist, especially the anti-miners.

In other news, the sky is blue.

 

[King_V]

In other news, the sky is blue.

Get out of town with that crazy talk!

 

[Phaaze88]

Get out of town with that crazy talk!

I'm sorry. The sky comes across as blue due to the combination of Nitrogen and other gases, of which I've forgotten.
The sky is actually clear.
:S

 

[King_V]

I'm sorry. The sky comes across as blue due to the combination of Nitrogen and other gases, of which I've forgotten.
The sky is actually clear.
:S

😆
Admittedly, I stole that line from a "Poorly Drawn Lines" webcomic . . and it sounded so ridiculously 1950s to me that I look for any excuse I can to use it.

 

[chickenballs]

BMW is for peasants.
If he really made millions off bitcoins he should be driving cars like those fine individuals:

View: https://youtu.be/NU7vPrzbC7o

 

[King_V]

Not to digress too much, but, if we're going to talk about German automobiles, we should make sure to pronounce the names appropriately.

(also, my question for the German board members, is this guy legitimate and pronouncing it correctly, or is he doing parody?)

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

Not to digress too much, but, if we're going to talk about German automobiles, we should make sure to pronounce the names appropriately.

(also, my question for the German board members, is this guy legitimate and pronouncing it correctly, or is he doing parody?)

The BMW pronunciation of his is correct

 

[digitalgriffin]

Not to digress too much, but, if we're going to talk about German automobiles, we should make sure to pronounce the names appropriately.

(also, my question for the German board members, is this guy legitimate and pronouncing it correctly, or is he doing parody?)

As a German,I love that video.

 

[Phaaze88]

Wow, I've been pronouncing BMW and Volkswagen wrong all this time...

 

[neojack]

I really expected to see a Tesla Model X here -- not a BMW i8. Disappointing. Model S Ludicrous or Plaid would also be acceptable. An i8 just seems so....obsolete.

he lives in Las Vegas, Texas, where electricity is produced mainly with coal.

so that "green Tesla" would be powered by coal. not as sexy huh.
I own a pluggable car myself, but i made this choice because 100% of the electricity where i live comes from renewable sources (giant dams north of Québec)

For the same reason, i think isntalling a mining farm in LasVegas (in the middle of the desert, where coal has to be burned to feed the Air Conditionning too !) is a really bad move for the planet.

 

[VTXcnME]

I really expected to see a Tesla Model X here -- not a BMW i8.

Either way. It's spot on behavior for an owner of either brand. At least from my experience dealing with either brand owner. I don't think the word "douchy" accurately covers it. LOL.

 

[Dantte]

"Crypto may be driven by code, but it's fueled by a passionate, altruistic, open-sourced community. Individuals who voluntarily invest their time & energy helping others without coercion or the threat of violence"

But you literally said the whole purpose for the build was to "annoy", aka TROLL, gamers. Um....

 

[thepersonwithaface45]

"Crypto may be driven by code, but it's fueled by a passionate, altruistic, open-sourced community. Individuals who voluntarily invest their time & energy helping others without coercion or the threat of violence"

But you literally said the whole purpose for the build was to "annoy", aka TROLL, gamers. Um....

the whole purpose of the build is to be really extra. he's got the money, the means, and the crypto so I don't see why a person can't enjoy their hobbies.

 

[Phaaze88]

the crypto so I don't see why a person can't enjoy their hobbies.

Cryptomining has become a hobby now...

 

[thepersonwithaface45]

Cryptomining has become a hobby now...

HODLing has become mine 🆒

 

[luissantos]

To the fellow that said he didn't like crypto because of energy use/pollution.... well then I suppose he doesn't like any technology that uses electricity. Crypto miners (like any industry that uses a lot of energy) will use the cheapest energy available. For me, that is renewable hydroelectric power in my area. Which comes from a grid that incorporates all types of energy. Renewables like solar and wind are continuing to be cheaper, which will help everyone including crypto miners.

There's a difference between "meaningful work" and "busy work". To equate the use of energy applied to heating up a home or to preserve food to energy wasted trying to brute force hashes purely as "proof of work" is offensive at best.

 

[luissantos]

This can only bother those who allow themselves to be bothered. Put up the article and let us discuss it. It's comical to me that people would get offended and/or angry by it.

Well, yes and no.
The article itself can only bother you if you allow it.
The actions of the reported individual however, have practical consequences in the lives of those trying to acquire a GPU at fair value. So I believe it is more than fair to not just tolerate it as "it being what it is".

 

[King_V]

To the fellow that said he didn't like crypto because of energy use/pollution.... well then I suppose he doesn't like any technology that uses electricity. Crypto miners (like any industry that uses a lot of energy) will use the cheapest energy available. For me, that is renewable hydroelectric power in my area. Which comes from a grid that incorporates all types of energy. Renewables like solar and wind are continuing to be cheaper, which will help everyone including crypto miners.

It produces nothing, and consumes a catastrophically enormous amount of energy. You'd know that if you'd been reading back during the previous crypto-craze. It wasn't exactly a secret. Nor is it, as you try to imply, just like anything else that uses a lot of energy.

March 2017, just for bitcoin alone:

The new research used data provided by Digiconomist, whose current estimate of electricity used to mine bitcoin is around 30.14 TWh annually. That’s way above Ireland’s 25 TWh yearly average electricity consumption. In fact, according to a recent paper from Dutch bank ING, a single bitcoin transaction consumes enough energy to power the average household for an entire month. Digiconomist also found that Ethereum, the second most popular cryptocurrency today, also uses more than a country’s worth of electricity.

https://futurism.com/mining-bitcoin-costs-more-energy-159-countries-consume-year


By June 2019, again, JUST with bitcoin, it more than doubled:

According to the bitcoin energy consumption tracker at Digiconomist, bitcoin currently consumes 66.7 terawatt-hours per year. That’s comparable to the total energy consumption of the Czech Republic, a country of 10.6 million people.

https://www.vox.com/2019/6/18/18642645/bitcoin-energy-price-renewable-china


And, as for your claim that you're using renewables - wouldn't it be nice if all that renewable energy was available for something useful? Imagine if your renewable use was available to heat homes, for example, and thus, less "dirty" energy would be required for that.

 

[Phaaze88]

HODLing has become mine 🆒

I see what you did there...

Byrne looks even more ridiculous, because from what I've read on crypto so far, the real 'money' comes from trading and holding, not the actual mining itself.
Kinda dumb to get punished for spending money. You hold hodl it and just get rich.

Mining has taken off like it has, not because of the bandwagon of individual miners, but the corporations that have become involved; takes money to spend money, right?
One guy with a 'farm' of 80 cards, or this other guy with 8 cards in their basement, can't hold a candle to Microsoft(just an example) with a few storehouses full at 500 or something per house.