Comment Re:Not so fast, Grasshopper! (Score 1) 42
The cost quoted is in the energy consumed, not to purchase the hardware. Sorry I wasn't clear.
But I suppose you're right. Perhaps it's better stated as 256 trillion computer-years.
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option8 writes: TL;DR: Mining Bitcoin on a 1MHz 8-bit processor will cost you more than the world’s combined economies, and take roughly 256 trillion years.
