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RE: Samsung builds a Bitcoin mining rig using 40 Galaxy S5
Mining Bitcoin on CPUs is pointless because it consumes more power then specialized ASICs so the green benefits of this idea are non-existent. Also calculating hashes is not a good benchmark for general CPU performance.
This is just an viral ad with no technical merit.
ASIC resistant cryptos are gathering a lot of interest with segwitx2 up coming and these coins don't look like they are going away anytime soon at all.
This is far from the best option but if your using things discarded, left over and essentially trash and it can work some way, why not?
well, I don't know much about minig or minig rigs.
It may not be good for mining bitcoin, but it could be used for ethereum. Anyway, you're right, this is just samsung trying to get attention. I don't think anyone will buy cell phones before GPU or ASICS or whatever.