Working down the bitcoin mines, making computers burn power do math for no reason to somehow generate money.
Hey, this is what Hillary had in mind for the coal miners! They already know how to mine, they just need to learn to code!
How the fuck can owning a bunch of single purpose computers be considered a job?
China already did it. People buy warehouses where electricity is cheap, fill them with super basic processors, and then pay a couple guys to maintain them 24/7. Although the last time I heard about this was a couple years ago so who knows if those places are still profitable.
Found the video about it: https://youtu.be/K8kua5B5K3I
fill them with super basic processors
Not processors, ASIC circuits (the former hasn't been realistically useful to mine bitcoin for close to a decade). These warehouses even have stuff that'll reduce / turn off the mining dynamically depending on the current price of electricity.
Worldwide, bitcoin alone consumes more electricity than whole countries. And it's only one of many cryptocurrencies; they're an ecological disaster (the only thing going for them is they allow to buy VPNs, servers or drugs anonymously I guess; but you could do that even before they appeared).
Yeah, that sounds about right. I'll try to find the video, it was interesting. This super low-end production compared to that secret geothermal powered facility in iceland or wherever, that you can only visit with a bag over your head.
