Computer developer turned laptop Toshiba T3200SX into a Bitcoin mining machine. True, the device of 1989 release will bring the first dollar only after 584 … million years.

What is known

The laptop, which will soon turn 33, is equipped with an Intel 386SX chip with a frequency of 16 MHz. At one time, it was an advanced laptop, and its price was more than $6,000. Now, for that kind of money, you can buy almost any model on the top Intel processor with flagship NVIDIA discrete graphics or assemble a desktop PC even in the face of a shortage of components.

Toshiba T3200SX runs on the MS-DOS operating system, in connection with which the developer wrote software for cryptocurrency mining. Ultimately, he managed to turn the device into a mining machine with a performance of “as much as” 16 H / s. For comparison, the computing speed of the top Bitmain S19 Pro + miner is 200 TH / s, i.e. 100 trillion times higher.

If Toshiba T3200SX started mining Bitcoin immediately after the Big Bang with the current mining difficulty, it could earn about $8-9 by today. If you start mining now, the laptop will bring the first dollar in 584 million years.

And finally, a little imagination. The power of the laptop is 39 watts. Under the condition of round-the-clock work and the current price of electricity in Ukraine, for 584 million years, in order to receive $1 income, it was necessary to spend $1 billion (UAH 28.7 billion) to pay for electricity.

A source: TechRadar

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