Can you mine with an xbox or wii?

[Sharkiteuthis]

Is there anyway to mine using consoles?

[petersiddle98]

Is there anyway to mine using consoles?

Yes you can, but you won't get anything out of it, it is designed to let you play games not mine.

[llanillo]

If you want money better sell them instead of mining...

That's a better option

[Hazir]

In theory you could mine with almost everything. Every electronic device has some potential if is powerful enough... But please you would be better selling your consoles rather than trying to mine with them. They are not build for it.

[Marcoser123321]

Does anyone have a picture of this? I am curious seeing an Xbox mine bitcoins xD

[Hazir]

Does anyone have a picture of this? I am curious seeing an Xbox mine bitcoins xD

I heard that someone mined with like hundred of Playstations 3. Playstation has very powerful cell processor in it. If moded right it can be really cost effective, especially now. But well, ASICs are still better options if you want to hardware mining. Or invest in cloud mining. Your choice.

[Fatman3001]

Even if you got power for free the fat you burn pushing the power button will cost more than what you will make in a year.

[piike2323]

Not with consoles. Not with CPU. Not with GPU. Only ASIC's are worth it and there will be a time when they wont be either.

[philiveyjr]

Not with consoles. Not with CPU. Not with GPU. Only ASIC's are worth it and there will be a time when they wont be either.

lol yeah..it just sounds funny when someone says mine with something otherthan the ASIC's..! pretty much the only real deal..others r prettymuch useless...with the level of difficulty there is..these days!

[Prelude]

Hey, you can mine on a NES.

http://retrominer.com

Anything is possible. 

[Gibcity]

Now we just need a game that mines in the background.

[waltermot321]

Now we just need a game that mines in the background.

That would shorten the life of wii or xbox by a lot. Need some water cooling on it...

[smeagol]

If you're really interested, what you would do is flash Linux for Xbox/Wii onto your console and download a miner.

Here's some further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Linux
http://askubuntu.com/questions/233121/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-nintendo-wii

[bigadam0101]

I've heard that mining it is theoretically possible on newer refrigerators   

[ObscureBean]

You can get around 35 - 40 KH/s from a PS3 mining scrypt but you need to have Linux installed to be able to use the mining software. I'm not entirely sure if it is still somehow possible to install Linux these days, I know Sony removed that feature a while back. You can also mine on your android device but you'll get next to nothing. You should maybe look at investing in a small hardware miner like the Gridseed or Blizzard/Fury, they only cost around $25 and you'll get better hashrates.

[oblixster]

Is there anyway to mine using consoles?

You can probably mine with almost anything that has a processor of some sort but you don't want to do that Needs to be profitable or you will lose more money on electricity, better to sell your old consoles and buy bitcoins

[Kprawn]

Why would you want to? Asic is developed for mining and the Xbox and the Wii for gaming. 

It's like trying to mine with a old cellphone, before smart phones.

[lili song]

NO !

Eventhough game console has a high spec doesn't mean it used for mining.

But If console can be used for mining, I'm sure the price will be more expensive

[arbitrage001]

Is there anyway to mine using consoles?

Yes you can, but you won't get anything out of it, it is designed to let you play games not mine.

GPU is designed specifically to calculate floating point. Game consoles happen to fit in the same category.

[mudiko]

They are not designed for that. Thats why it makes no sense to mine nowadays and you have to develop some chip etc to pass the security just for your small profit