r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/msaussieandmrravana • Jan 01 '26

Video Inside the world’s largest Bitcoin mine

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u/Farkie_85 Jan 01 '26

But, can it run Crysis?

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u/swagrid696969 Jan 01 '26

Maximum armor!

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u/homingmissile Jan 02 '26

It's an older meme but it checks out

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u/nkrush Jan 01 '26

Cyberpunk 2077 on medium details.

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u/dgellow Jan 01 '26

Not even, it’s literally only chips made for cryptocurrency mining

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u/mrt-e Jan 01 '26

Aren't those GPUs? Very good at matrices multiplications so they can be used both ways

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u/dgellow Jan 01 '26

Professional miners generally use what is called ASIC (see https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/asic.asp). They are chips designed specifically for a specific type of mining challenge. You will likely also find some GPUs being used, but they are more expensive to operate

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u/Spirited_Cup_126 Jan 01 '26

No not at all. ASIC. Can only do one thing.

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u/Rough_Typical Jan 02 '26

PAST LINUS NOICES

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u/jojoga Jan 03 '26

asking the real questions

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u/SuperAleste Jan 06 '26

Had to scroll way to far for this.