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Scrapyard Wars Suggestion

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Now I know that another scrapyard wars is on the way, and I have no idea what they have planned for it. (Heck, it might even be what I'm suggesting right now) But, I came up with a bit of an idea.

 

Now, of course, like the last one there would be a certain budget and time limit. (and they're also talking about celebrity guests O_o) But this time they would be building a PC, but not just any PC. A bitcoin miner.(xD spell-check wants to change "bitcoin" to "bitchiness")

 

Of course they would be rated on how much they cost and how efficient they are, but since they are bitcoin miners other things can be factored in.

 

I was thinking that the final defining score is how much profit they would make over a certain period of time. But, along with calculating just bare profit you would have to factor in the costs of the actual machine and power consumption. There could also be a sort of bonus round where they factor in temperature and noise.

 

Just an idea that i thought might be cool

(sorry if anyone has posted this before... I haven't been on the forum in a while.)

"I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party."

-Ron White
 

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I want to see a $500 budget, I don't care about it being a Bitcoin miner, I just want to see what they'll be able to scrape up for $500, because with what they managed to go with $300+ was pretty impressive.

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Building bitcoin farms on consumer hardware isn't profitable anymore is it?

 

Not even close.

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Building bitcoin farms on consumer hardware isn't profitable anymore is it?

It most likely isn't, but it would be nice to see what they'd be able to do with a certain budget.

"I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party."

-Ron White
 

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