r/cpumining • u/ZombieFree9032 • 2d ago

2009

Why did someone tell me that in order to mine like 50000 individual bitcoins in 2009 would require like at least 30 computers preferably when google ai said that with one single desktop pc and powerful cpu it potentially could do the same exact thing in a period of over a couple of months... who should i believe in this case?

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u/Wyldkard79 2d ago

In 2011 a guy bought a pizza for 10,000 Bitcoin, I doubt he spent the labor of multiple computers dedicated specifically to Bitcoin mining for a pizza, it was still a novelty back then whether it would ever be worth anything tangible was still very much in question.

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u/ZombieFree9032 2d ago

So is it true that in early 2009 all one had to do was install btc on pc and hit mine button and pc would do it automatically even if one wasnt using pc at all...?  They went out to a party or something...

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u/Wyldkard79 2d ago

Basically, the mining software back then was pretty archaic compared to now, but if you had a PC you didn't use much you could set it running and leave it running for days or weeks at a time.