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Mining in 2024 on free electricity (vs. folding)

So I'm living in my parents' house for the next year or two, and we have solar, so the power bill is pretty minimal. My parents are super strict, and it's hard to earn money (especially since they don't want me getting a job since I haven't graduated high school yet). I do have my PC, and I'm wondering how much mining can earn me. Is it even still worth mining in 2024? And what's the difference between mining and Folding@Home? Could I mine on my CPU and fold on my GPU or vice versa or something?

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6 minutes ago, darwinsantithesis said:

And what's the difference between mining and Folding@Home?

F@H uses your unused performance to simulate proteins for medical and scientific research, and you don't get paid for running it.

Mining uses your hardware to produce cryptocurrency in some way.

English is not my first language, so please excuse any confusion or misunderstandings on my end, also I like to edit my posts a lot.

 

F@H-Stats

The Folding rigs:

Rig 1:

CPU: 2x Xeon E5 2690 V3

Rig 2:

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600

GPU: GTX 1080

Rig 3:

CPU: Core i7 4790K

GPU: GTX 1060 3GB

 

The Laptop (Lenovo Legion 5 15IAH7):

CPU: Core i5 12500H

RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) DDR5-4800

GPU: RTX 3050 Ti mobile

PSU: 230W Power brick

OS: Windows 11 Home

 

The workshop "rig":

HP Elitedesk 800 G4 Mini PC (Core i3 8100T)

OS: Mint Cinnamon

 

 

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51 minutes ago, darwinsantithesis said:

So I'm living in my parents' house for the next year or two, and we have solar, so the power bill is pretty minimal. My parents are super strict, and it's hard to earn money (especially since they don't want me getting a job since I haven't graduated high school yet). I do have my PC, and I'm wondering how much mining can earn me. Is it even still worth mining in 2024? And what's the difference between mining and Folding@Home? Could I mine on my CPU and fold on my GPU or vice versa or something?

Folding requires 1 CPU thread, minimum, and I think you can't bind it to a e-core. But it gives you just a merit, I often suggest using it as a "stability" test that actually does something good instead of generating waste heat.

Of course you should use some professional stuff like fur Mark or y-cruncher to really stress your machine

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1 hour ago, darwinsantithesis said:

So I'm living in my parents' house for the next year or two, and we have solar, so the power bill is pretty minimal. My parents are super strict, and it's hard to earn money (especially since they don't want me getting a job since I haven't graduated high school yet). I do have my PC, and I'm wondering how much mining can earn me. Is it even still worth mining in 2024? And what's the difference between mining and Folding@Home? Could I mine on my CPU and fold on my GPU or vice versa or something?

What GPU do you have? with a 4090 you can get about $1 a day apparently.

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59 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

What GPU do you have? with a 4090 you can get about $1 a day apparently.

Gigabyte 7800 XT. Even if it's like 50 cents a day, that's still $180 a year, so...better than nothing since I'm not paying for power.

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1 hour ago, darwinsantithesis said:

Gigabyte 7800 XT. Even if it's like 50 cents a day, that's still $180 a year, so...better than nothing since I'm not paying for power.

Until your parents start to notice the power bill is higher than it used to be and start to question you about it... This is something that should be discussed before doing.

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