Still a thing?

[Moondrelor]

Is it even worth it these days? Besides testing your luck on which coin is going to be the next big thing?

[thekeemo]

Not really. Better off folding for evga bucks

[Oshino Shinobu]

In general, coin mining is not profitable anymore. 

[Moondrelor]

Not really. Better off folding for evga bucks

On a serious note, what is folding?

 

~backstory,

 

I had a HDD with 250 bitcoins on it. Back when they was worth only a few cents then the market boomed and I no longer had that harddrive :c 

[thekeemo]

On a serious note, what is folding?

 

~backstory,

 

I had a HDD with 250 bitcoins on it. Back when they was worth only a few cents then the market boomed and I no longer had that harddrive :c

I know a guy that lost $250,000 for a similar reason..

[The Official Czex]

On a serious note, what is folding?

 

~backstory,

 

I had a HDD with 250 bitcoins on it. Back when they was worth only a few cents then the market boomed and I no longer had that harddrive :c 

 

You lost 61311.83 USD. If you had sold on 17 November 2013, you would have 

304182.5 USD!

[SPAS-ID]

coin for Mining = no
coin for Invest / Currency = Yes

[Moondrelor]

I know a guy that lost $250,000 for a similar reason..

 

 

You lost 61311.83 USD. If you had sold on 17 November 2013, you would have 

304182.5 USD!

 

 

 

Owch... My heart... Again...

[Moondrelor]

Not really. Better off folding for evga bucks

What exactly is folding, I have yet to grasp the concept. Same thing as mining but for science? Lol. What do I get out of it? A power bill?

[thekeemo]

What exactly is folding, I have yet to grasp the concept. Same thing as mining but for science? Lol. What do I get out of it? A power bill?

if you do it for evga you get evga bucks which you can use to buy evga stuff. Otherwise yea. You do it for science and for some prick to patent a medicine and sell it for obscene amounts cuz capitalism. And its not mining for science its simulating the folding of protiens to figure how they work which may allow us to make medicines that target certain ones and stuff like that.

[Moondrelor]

if you do it for evga you get evga bucks which you can use to buy evga stuff. Otherwise yea. You do it for science and for some prick to patent a medicine and sell it for obscene amounts cuz capitalism. And its not mining for science its simulating the folding of protiens to figure how they work which may allow us to make medicines that target certain ones and stuff like that.

So if I'm using 2 GTX 980ti's, how well will they perform for this? Will it be maxing my gpu's or cpu like mining does or? I don't really understand what resources on my computer it's using.

[TheRandomness]

So if I'm using 2 GTX 980ti's, how well will they perform for this? Will it be maxing my gpu's or cpu like mining does or? I don't really understand what resources on my computer it's using.

Folding, depending on the setting, will max out everything (Light - 40% CPU, Medium, 60% CPU 100% GPU I think, Full - 100%CPU 100%GPU)

[thekeemo]

So if I'm using 2 GTX 980ti's, how well will they perform for this? Will it be maxing my gpu's or cpu like mining does or? I don't really understand what resources on my computer it's using.

very well. And it will utilize as much as you let it. Keep in mind you can't get unlimited evga bucks

[Midnitewarrior4]

So if I'm using 2 GTX 980ti's, how well will they perform for this? Will it be maxing my gpu's or cpu like mining does or? I don't really understand what resources on my computer it's using.

it will show 100% usage but wont actully use 100% if you know what i mean, what i do is set my max temp for something like 65 and lower my power limit a bit and let it go, it will say 100% usage but wont be pushing the card as hard as mining,

its like say mining is a stress test and folding is a game load, both will show 100% usage but the game wont push the card to its limits constantly  

[DoubleUx2]

Did Bitcoin get stored on HDD back in the day?
I figured it was all in Bitcoin Wallets

[ShadowCaptain]

Did Bitcoin get stored on HDD back in the day?

I figured it was all in Bitcoin Wallets

 

Yeah they didnt exist until later I dont think, I think you had to keep the code safe or you list it