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Title: Mining on less powerful devices Post by: thatcoolguy on August 02, 2017, 10:43:07 PM I am relatively new to the concept of bitcoin and want to make some bitcoins. I've read up as much as I can on how to make them without big investments and I want to know if it would be effective to mine on my phone, seeing as i only want somewhat small amounts.
Title: Re: Mining on less powerful devices Post by: hpmp on August 02, 2017, 11:58:47 PM If by "to mine on the phone" you mean to literally mine bitcoins on your smartphone, then the short answer is - no, you can't.
The long answer is it won't be worth it. CPU of the smartphone is pretty weak, the videocard usually is not prepared for such kind of work too, battery will not last for long, smartphone may break down due to continuous overheat, and so on. So amount of btc generated by smartphone will not cover your expenses for electricity and for hardware. Title: Re: Mining on less powerful devices Post by: Jannn on August 03, 2017, 12:42:01 AM if it would be effective to mine on my phone, seeing as i only want somewhat small amounts. You cant mine Bitcoin in mobile phone.Just try using some Bitcoin faucet to earn a little satoshi on it. Title: Re: Mining on less powerful devices Post by: NiHaoMike on August 03, 2017, 01:36:47 AM You can mine certain altcoins with it, but that's only worth it for an old/cheap phone with next to no resale value. Even buying a $20 phone just to mine with isn't a good bet anymore. (It has been a year since the days when you could get a ~2 week break even on $20 Moto Es.)
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