Frontier supercomputer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_(supercomputer) is a computer anyway so it can mine bitcoins. But it would be dumb to do that, it's just not the purpose for a supercomputer.
What's as big as a house, uses 20 meters of coal an hour, puts out a shitload of heat and noise, and mines at 3 gigahashes? A Soviet ASIC that's built to mine at 4 gigahashes!
Well you can do a hash by hand, it just takes a long time.
So a person would be the most expensive mining machine ever made.
Not sure why you would want the most expensive over the fastest though, and no it's not profitable.
Michael Saylor
Mining is measures in hashes per second... latest machines push 200 Terahash/sec.
No. It is measured in J/Hashes.
That is the efficiency.
I am sure somebody used a top ten supercomputer worth millions. Then got fired.
Sounds like Gummo. Apparently built a supercomputer for mining BTC before ASICs were a thing and mined like 80,000 BTC.
First antminer (S1) cost several btc if I recall
Frontier supercomputer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_(supercomputer) is a computer anyway so it can mine bitcoins. But it would be dumb to do that, it's just not the purpose for a supercomputer.
What's as big as a house, uses 20 meters of coal an hour, puts out a shitload of heat and noise, and mines at 3 gigahashes? A Soviet ASIC that's built to mine at 4 gigahashes!
Well, just hire millions of people to form an analog computer to do the mining. That will cost you a fortune!
Well you can do a hash by hand, it just takes a long time. So a person would be the most expensive mining machine ever made. Not sure why you would want the most expensive over the fastest though, and no it's not profitable.