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Message started by Fernando on Oct 17^th, 2016, 10:23pm

Title: BitCoin Mining on Pis.
Post by Fernando on Oct 17^th, 2016, 10:23pm

Interesting subject. I see a video where they guy uses a PC and not a Pi. This is Part One. Best to see both parts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7opj5-32hw

This is interesting, as he said to use the GPU and not the CPU as the GPU is faster in solving some things. I can understand that if they are using higher math functions that the CPU may not have, but the GPU is usually 50% slower than the CPU.

What does this have to do with Pi's?

Though the R-Pi uses the VideoCore VI CPU (as the BeagleBone Black uses a similar GPU), it is too slow for BitCoin Mining though still usable.

But others like the Banana Pi and Orange Pi uses the Mali 400 - a Dual GPU for high end video, This is where BitCoin Mining hits it big.

I know a few friends BitCoin Mining with a Raspberry Pi, they are not making that much money with it. But some is better than none. I need to rethink this heavily.