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Old 12-26-2013, 07:44 PM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by edgeprod View Post
But it's only taking him $25 in electricity to mine that 2 cents, so he'll make it up in VOLUME.
Yep. Apart from early adoption of CPU-based coins like XPM and QRK, it is unlikely you'll break even when CPU mining. The cost of power will exceed the value of the coins you generate.

I envy the guys who were CPU mining Bitcoins a few years ago, and those who were the first to GPU mine.
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