alt Hacker NewsNice! Do you do anything with that compute when you're not actively using it? Is the crypto-mining hobby still worth it? I've also wondered if such expensive hardware can be rented back out to offset cost. Looks like these cards are going for as much as $4k nowadays.
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I've paid ~2k€ in 2023. Since I'm usually sitting next to it, I'm only using it when I want to use it. It can get quite loud and warm.
Crypto (to my knowledge at least) moved away from GPU mining. I guess you could maybe rent out GPU compute, but - being in germany - it's not worth the legal hassle. You could of course always commit tax fraud, though I wouldn't recommend that.
> I've also wondered if such expensive hardware can be rented back out to offset cost.
Massive legal liability. Not worth it.
There are services where you can hook your card up and rent it out to other users. I don't know what any of them are called, but they do exist.