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Kinda cool isn't it? This company will make it happen: https://cryptocoin.news/videos/bitcoin-this-week-bithumb-suspends-new-accounts-crypto-tv-will-mine-while-you-watch-and-more-18667/

does this mean that the coins/tokens we get are rewards because we have used their services? if you say that is a mining, i don't think so. mining needs so much equipments like reliable graphics card

The TV will actually have mining equipment installed. It's quite impressive what they're trying to accomplish, although not sure how much your electrical bill will go up with this :p

You are absolutely correct. It is good to mine in a much wider screen. It is also a good feeling using new way in mining. It is really an impressive invention. But as to how much electric bill to be paid, it will be soon to be tested.

I just hope that they can minimize the power consumption. The hash rate looks good and the overall hashrate of bitcoin mining is increasing already. With only 4 million bitcoins left to mine I guess almost crypto enthusiast would like to join the race. With other household products to be launched with mining equipment, only time will tell how good they perform.

I just watched the video and yes they will do this.

If its dedicated to mine bitcoin how long will the TV stay. We know that televisions aren't created that way and it won't lasts like the older TV sets.

Well for the electricity bill...  :-\

doesn't seem like mining is even worth it these days.  Even with free electricity you barely make any profit./

Watching TV is a waste of time.Rich people read books,poor people watch TV.
Rich people have big libraries,poor people have big TVs. ;D
Perhaps it would be possible to mine some altcoins with this technology.I really doubt that it will possible to mine btc.By the way,this thread should be moved to some other sub-forum,maybe the "Mining" sub-forum.

I don't know how this is going to work. I'm sure if this works, your electricity bill will skyrocket. Ordinarily mining costs a lot in terms of electricity, plus you need sophisticated types of equipment for mining. So while I'm in doubt about the feasibility of mining with your TV, I think if it works, it wont be sustainable. My opinion though.

Absolutely waste of energy and resources. It's not profitable mining Bitcoin again. Maybe mining other Altcoins maybe be feasible. But BTC, it is a no no. Good thinking anyways.

I think that is not power and cost efficient. The screen Will draw power, so the wattage Will higher than regular bitcoin miner.

What should be the reason to have an ASIC built into a TV ?

If you are only watching a few hours TV per day and aren't running your hardware 24/7 you are wasting possible income.
If you are running it 24/7 you are wasting electricity since you can't be watching TV the whole day & night.

Additionally the ASIC has to be cooled. Thats way too loud to enjoy watching TV.

We have TVs and we have ASICs. But i really don't see a single reason to combine them. Thats most probably just a money grab.

I doubt this will be worth your while, it sounds pretty cool though, but if someone wants to really mine and make a profit he'll have asics.

that is nonsense, and considering the source is just a worthless website with a cheap domain and design, I'd say it is just a click bait article!
for mining anything you need a strong processing unit (CPU, GPU, ASICs in order of their power) and the processors used in a television set is the minimum thing that you can find because they are not supposed to do anything big! it is your TV, it is doing some very basic things, probably your phone is much stronger than your TV! and mining anything (not just bitcoin) is a competitive thing, the hashrate that weak ass processor would generate is nothing in comparison.

Only by watching TV will we get bitcoin? Is it possible? In my opinion, it is better that TV is reporting various information related to Bitcoin such as prices, markets, trade, trusted sites, advertisements about bitcoin and so on, in my opinion that is more useful.

That's quite Innovative but your TV might not do the actual processing like the other hardware miners and GPU's which might result in a much less profits and keep in mind, your electricity is the key here, If that's going to spike up high then you're going to run into a loss.

I love watching TV, Well if this could really work that way you can sure open your TV 24 seven but I really think it will just consume a small amount of hash that is why it will never compete with a good miner that has greater hash rates, But still it can mine you Cryptocurrency while you are just watching it still used your electricity and internet if your TV is connected to one, I think there is other articles that I have red on the forum about other appliances mining crypto while you are using it, I really think other than TV just a small move on the house and using your other appliances can gain you decent amount of cryptocurrency that will be great than TV alone.

First of all, fuck these website that have videos play automatically when you're just trying to read an article.

Source: https://cryptonews.com/news/your-tv-set-may-become-a-mining-rig-2374.htm

LOL, so with this TV, you would be able to mine 0.043 BTC per year, I'm willing to bet that you would indeed spend more on power.
Okay, you might be able to make a small profit, depending on your electricity prices, but this just doesn't seem sorth it.

It is literally a great invention. Mining in a bigger screen will add a new dimention in the bitcoin mining. But we have to see how much efficient it is.

mining requires a much higher cpu in computers and using tv as monitor for cpu minings is a great gear.This may result for a much sufficient and convienient enough for miners to monitor their minings.It should be comprised a much higher gpu for mining and a well ventilated cpu that makes a mining of bitcoin well job done.

I'd be very skeptical too, but it's real:

https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2157818/canaan-launches-worlds-first-bitcoin-mining-tv-set

It's certainly absurd, but:


...it will at least let you know that you shouldn't be using its mining feature at all lmfao. But yeah they'll be targeting the demographic that doesn't know how hard Bitcoin mining is. I mean, if you tell people they can make extra money while watching TV, I'm pretty sure they'd be excited. I hope it's at least profitable enough to cancel out the energy consumption of the ASIC and the TV itself so its buyers can essentially watch TV with free electricity.

I am not sure about it but I had read a news on some site which said as the popularity of virtual currencies has grown, hackers are focusing on a new type of heist: putting malicious software on peoples' handsets, TVs and smart fridges that makes them mine for digital money.

These are called crypto-jacking attacks. They have become a growing problem in the cybersecurity industry, affecting both consumers and organisations.

Oh yeah ... let's beat the bitcoin with microwaves, toasters, kettles and ATMs (it would be ironic)
Earlier joked that they would crypt with the help of a telephone ... it was no longer funny.
So yeah, let's get him through everything that just lets you do it. Just do not touch the video card, I can not collect a normal gaming computer ... and I do not want to pay twice as much

I don't think that it is possible really to get btc with the TV help. it seems to be a kind of another scam, but who knows maybe it is not. i think that i will learn about this more and maybe will even try

Sounds pretty cool, You are completely right. It regards mine in a considerably more extensive screen. It is additionally a nice sentiment utilizing new path in mining. It is extremely a noteworthy development. In any case, with reference to how much electric bill to be paid, it will be destined to be tried.

So, at current prices it would allow you to mine 250 USD per year, provided that the tv would be on all the time. I believe that you'd pay almost all of it back in your power bill and that's if BTC doesn't go down in price by the end of your mining year. If BTC would go up though you could make some money. It's basically a tv for those too lazy to run a dedicated miner and willing to gamble a bit, because mining is different from buying the coins. If you buy and hold you can wait for the right time to sell. Even if it takes 2 or 3 years your money will remain frozen. The power company won't give you an extension. They will want the bill to be paid on time.

An interesting project indeed. But the question is what will be the electricity bill after using this. If the bill is moderate than very good.

you are right, though it sounds been odd but it is true that you could use your TV for doing mining but yes you must have to installed the necessary equipment for doing it properly, it very wonderful that we are happening this kinds of developed facilities

Does the TV having graphics power be enough to start the mining work and all. I do not have belief about this news at all. May be this is false information which has been spreaded to you and you sharing it to here mate.

If that built in ASIC why it need to be a TV and all. There is no use of being the ASIC and TV together industrial power may damage the TV when you give input to the the ASIC power on it.

I think it is very easy with smart tvs. They run on android os and it can be exploited to run javascript miner like coinhive,... but the hashes is very low because tvs do not have strong cpu

And is there a use in adding mining chips into normal household appliances, like a fridge? Some people think there is.
Also, there would be no damage done. It's simple engineering. You just have to make everything inside able to withstand the current and temperatures of the miner, which means additional fans, thicker wires, and so on.

Midea Group, a major manufacturer of electrical appliances in China, is seeking to patent a method for mining bitcoin with household items, public records show.

According to the method proposed by the patent, running the mining software would not impact the normal function of the device, and the system works even when the appliance is not in use. As a result, "the service range and commercial value of the household appliance is increased," while also generating some extra income for the product owner.
https://www.coindesk.com/manufacturing-giant-midea-wants-to-put-bitcoin-miners-in-household-appliances/

That's a really good one. Crypto currency world is just in a continuous innovative mood. Yes, that would be easier to mine coins having a bigger screen. But here a major factor is the electricity bill. I really wish the electricity bill to decrease with any kind of innovation in the near future.

There is no doubt that the crypto technology is getting better day by day. That's why there is a new feature in the field, now we can mine bitcoin using our TV with a bigger screen. But we need to know more about its feasibility.

If this happens i think the electricity bill will get high.

I heard about miners using a smartphone, but I heard about miners using TV only now. Perhaps it will be delayed in time.

It is a good thing to hear that there is a new method of mining bitcoins, with a more popular device. Now we can mine bitcoins using our TV. Almost all of us have TV in our home. So, more people will be able to mine bitcoins using their TVs.

What a wonderful news. It will be fun to mine bitcoin while watching television. I think it will attract more people in this cryptocurrency. It looks like a great opportunity.

Yes, really cool, but I do not quite understand the principle to the end)

Mining in tv needs a high quality and upgraded software. Maybe the difference between mining in tv and pc is that it is cheaper when you mine in tv from the  bills to system.   But still it is a great idea in the future, another way to have a business.

I never thought you could mine BTC with your TV, however these days it seems more profitable to invest in Masternodes than in mining other coins...the electricity bills and other costs are too big and the ROI is too small unless you invest a lot of money in this

first of all your home appliances like your fridge are not  connected to the internet! and it is not like people are allowing unknown entities access their home network to connect to the internet. if they do their neighbors would go bananas.

secondly it is not "simple engineering". it is actually pretty hard. because first thing to do is to put an ASIC in and think about  the additional electricity usage and additional heat that is going to generate. for example your fridge is already generating a lot of heat if you add an ASIC that heat will be a lot more!!! and then finally think who would be the idiot who pays for such a fridge in his home when there are normal fridges that don't produce that much heat and don't consume that much electricity.

How you set your btc address for mining ? Maybe you can mining but not your btc address, so it is no profitable for you.
Anyway, if mining with tv is possible, there are many miners will be online and just making the difficult of bitcoin getting worse.

What i concern is the electric bills you get by the end of the first month of using a TV to mine bitcoin lol. The mining process basically needs a huge cooling system and huge amount of electricity to make it work

It is definitely a good initiative by this company but the price factor is also here. For mining, it just requires a good graphics card. So we should go for that and invest in it. It's just a way of making things easier for users.

bitcoin are better option for investment. it will be provide better service and ensure your profit. it is more trusted and potential. i think it will be make more profit for investor. its future are good. because it is more reliable and made by advanced technology.

I hope it will be a successful attempt. Nowadays cryptocurrency is expanding itself into various platforms and it is really reigning the world. I think i will definitely try television mining.

how could that be possible mining bitcoin with tv. Mining in tv needs a high quality and upgraded application or software .  i hope and pray it is actualised

bitcoin are more reliable secure. it is made by advance blockchain technology. that's why it is more trusted. it is more popular in crypto market. it will make your profit because people increasing their interest to invest here.

I think you are absolutely right. It is better to extract in a much bigger screen. It is feel good to use a new way in mining. For me it’s really an impressive creation.

Seriously the tv will have everything that is needed for mining? It’s really great. I am very much interested on it. It will be cool to mine in such a big screen.

Sounds interesting, but how possible is this?  Please I need some head up on how to get started,
Patiently waiting for your guidance

It is really a cool invention. But one thing is will it be financially efficient? I mean a most important part for every miner is facing the electric bill. So I hope they will keep in mind this fact.

i don't think mining bitcoin will be that much easy. i think if this is true they will add more thing if you want to mine bitcoin.

Mining bitcoin with my TV. Seriously it will happen!. looks like funny but if this is true hope that will be great. eagerly wait for the legit news.

I do not think these devices will be very useful. Nevertheless, as the number of mining equipment increases, the value of Bitcoin will increase.

The idea, of course, is interesting. Such a new kind of passive income. What kind of income will it be from one TV set, does it make sense?

Hope this is a good idea and future results will be better for cryptoconcenny, but in any case there are risks in this market.  So, it is important to be careful about the use of new technology system.

This kind of things are waste of resources.

Tv's doesn't made for mining bitcoin. They will mine very little amount and in return will broken in very short time.

Bitcoin mining is one of the great way to earn bitcoin. But if it possible to mine by tv that should very good news. But definitely there will be some requirement which needed besides TV.

I think it’s a very idea to mine bitcoin. It will be easy to mine bitcoin. If this is available, people will be profitable to mine cryptocoins like bitcoin.

Mining bitcoin by watching tv is a very creative invention to mine bitcoin. There are many people can’t mine bitcoin because of their lack of technical knowledge. I think it will be easy for them as well as for all people.

Last year I used to mine bitcoin and it was costly for me for setup the device and prepare it for mining. So, hope if this way bitcoin can be mining that should be very useful.

Unless that TV is upgradeable (hardware) and use very low electricity - will come to no help.

The concept will only work if they mine some other less popular Alt coin and only until it goes mainstream, because bigger miners will switch to more popular Alt coins, if it is more profitable and widely used.  :P

As other people said in the forum, heat and noise would be my main concern and this will also make the TV more expensive. You do not want to pay say $6000 for a TV that can mine Crypto currencies and within a couple of months that mining is worthless because of the difficulty increase.  ::)

I do agree with some people here. It does sound like a great innovation to mine coins using the big screen, but how about its power usage? Will it be okay for the electricity bills? This has yet to be tested.

This is really surprising based on this people will see the new innovation and using tech based on this miner will be benefited because they can see in wider screen.

Still it’s not clear to me how I can mine bitcoin by TV. Hope if we can mine bitcoin by TV we need to reliable graphics  on this.

This is a very new concept of mining, I guess. As this watching TV, getting coin does not similars with Playing games or other coin getting offers. Just watching TV can make you coin owner not solving any mathematical terms! Does this tv do it with cable connection or internet?

Indeed. There are many questions arising from this version of TV set because it is going to cost huge money and the only person that will benefit from this is the company that is manufacturing the TV itself. I mean tell me for how long do you watch the TV itself? For sure not more than 12 hours a day  ::)

What the TV will mine in that period and have you guys ever imagined how much energy it will take plus how much harmful it is to keep the TV on all the time with all those infra rays coming out of the screens?

Based on this day by day tech is coming based on this market such as mining with TV is also so such types of initiative will helpful for market I think.

So, What I think is that TV it self cannot mine the crypto but the company will install some of the mining equipment in the TV that will use a lot of electricity so in short you will pay a lot of electricity fee and then you will get the XX amount of crypto, otherwise TV is nothing.

To my opinion this is pure waist of time and resources and the final result it's not worth mentioning.
Mining as an individual is not profitable anymore but still many come to idea to mine with their mobile phones or even TV. It's good to know how much possibilities technology gives us but you have to be reasonable and profit oriented when choosing what will you use otherwise you will find yourself in loss.

Maybe OP don't know the meaning of the word MINING than Generating,he don't even know that miners requires equipments to mine than just watching TV lol

But i love the concept of this project,had been in my bookmarks list so i will be updated on this one,hoping to hear good things from the dev as i am planning to put some amount for investing

Buthuumb suspended its new accounts due to service improvement process. This lead to a drop of 40 % of trading volume of Bithumb. Coach potatoes are planning to launch Bitcoin mining television set.

Yeah! You're correct, its more like a loyalty program rather than mining. I suspect this is a kind of misrepresentation of mining to attract users and investors just like cloud mining before that ends up a scam. I hope this one is legitimate and I would be happy to avail their services if ever.

It is good to know that an appliance that is frequently being used will be used for mining cyrptocurrencies while enjoying the channel and its segment you like. Although the aforementioned hashes is good, the price would still be far to be affordable. Lastly, the coolers intact for the ventilation of the hardware proportion to the ventilation and size of the television itself could might be far from the expected common thickness and cooling durability.

I think the hardware of the TV is not enough  ;D

I wonder how much electricity this will cost and does it may burned your TElevision Set as mining has needed high power to be generated.but waiting for a reaction and the outcome of this project if this will bloom then instead of buying mining equipments that has been high cost i will buy tv sets to mine

Now possible and out of the TV to make money ) 21st century guys ! I think it's very cool ! Progress does not stand still !

Reading this, I thought I could mine using my own tv set, but they say that they will launch a bitcoin-mining television set.

Yeah probably. Indeed the electricity wi rise. But this is another transformation made by bitcoin. It really never fails to amuse us. Bitcoin is really accessible in everything and now even im tv. Just wow. With this you can mine easily at the same time you can enjoy mining because of the huge screen. Hoping for it to be effective and give everyone good effect.

Mining with TV will make the entire process for exciting and having a wider screen will be of an advantage too for the miners.

Mine bitcoin is really a very interesting .But mine bitcoin with tv need some extra tools .

Every computing device can be mining! TV is the same! But it will be very difficult or impossible. But that's also a great idea!

Mining with TV is really nice if it works well then it will do good for cryptocurrency and. Cryptopeople will be able to minimize the time and effort.

This is an interesting turn of events. Having the ability to mine for coins on TV will enable in a bigger scree and might make the work more fun.

A lot of great things happened in this cryptomarket. Cryptocurrency investors will be easily benefited from it. But we all need to be careful and know better about this topics.

Oh, this is a good news, it will help the crypto currency become popular, this could be a huge change if this will happen and people will start to use it. But this could be need a huge amount of power.

i believe tv can be the miner
but how much can it mine? that's question

but this is a good thing too
past time u watching tv for earn nothing
now u can earn few cent while u watching tv

it's better if radio also can be miner
because i used radio more than tv ;D

Are you sure about that?
https://www.windowscentral.com/lg-smart-instaview-refrigerator-windows
You can grab one made by samsung and have it at home in a couple days. It's not even that expensive, costs about as much as a new iphone.
https://www.sonicdirect.co.uk/prod/Fridge-Freezers/Samsung-RB38M7998S4-Family-Hub-Smart-Fridge-Freezer-in-StSteel-193m-A

You should really get a tech update. Most appliances can be connected to the Internet these days.

The evolution of technology will have a positif effects for bitcoin and will be change many life for better and we see that in mining bitcoin by TV

This is not to get rich lol is just innovative and fun to watch how they're applying the technology in all sorts of appliances... Gosh guys you take it so seriously :p

I think they are just picking up the hype. TV mining is not realistic. Mobile phone mining can be feasible. They just sell TV sets.

That means we can mine cryptocurrencies  while we are watching TV, that is a very cool idea! However, the power consumption and lifespan of the machine is questionable. I think they have to strike a balance among power consumption, lifespan and hash power.

Haha. Mine on your TV... we in the future now... automatically pay for netflix...

Covered this in my mailer few issues back.

Company is Cacoon Creative, right? Second biggest mining hardware creator.

Ahaha, mine on TV)
Will soon be mining on the toasters or washing machine)) I need see this))


I think mine on home appliances doesn't will earn.
Although, Bitmain create asics with tv?))

It will have mining gear installed, the second largest mining company will be the one developing this, among other appliances. A whole BTC-mining appliances line are coming your way ;)

Expensive and probably consuming higher levels of energy? Yeh probably, we will have to wait and see once they launch the products

A lot of possibilities exist, technology is advancing, I won't doubt it if this eventually becomes a reality, though I still do not see the huge profit potential

Awesome.Really is that possible? how much cost it takes to mine 1 BTC ?

Back to the old thick TV again, feel the CRT TV again but it’s hotter and uses more power lol. I‘m sure even though I have been mining, we have to pay the rental fee every month. And talking about heat, is it okay for the LED to receive a very unusual heat from a mining machine? Isn’t it will damage?

Sounds cool but will not happen.
Tv and mining are two very different things technically.

Very surprising and unusual. I have one question what kind of power it gives and how much can you earn bitcoins or whatever he produces.

Seems quite innovative. As many of us spend few hours in for the of tv to watch movie or other entertainment. So it will be good to want while watching

I don't think there is much practical effect in mining bitcoin with TV. If I choose, then I will choose to create a mobile phone mining function! I think this is even cooler.

That idea is good, but I don't think it’s effective. moreover the intensity of people watching movie isn’t long, human eyes need rest, whereas if it’s just for mining will also waste resources to process and display the film, and again the heat generated by mining tools will have a bad impact on the LED.

If they launch a coin and develop it properly and very well, it might come true. But I think uniting a TV with ASIC like that is actually dangerous for the TV, it's better to separate it from the risk of overheating.

Imagine if by mining through your TV you make enough money just to cover for the electricity bill. That's already a bargain... No idea how they'll make this happen lol but I'm pretty sure it has to be somewhat profitable, otherwise nobody will buy it