More than 1000 CPU solo mining = bitcoin?

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If I have 1000 (or more) machines with CPU (and no GPU) solo mining (12 hours/day), will it be profitable?

Forget about the costs of electricity, etc...

I want to know if doing more than 1000 machines solo mining (CPU) will win any bitcoin?

user9829

Posted 2013-12-01T20:36:32.260

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Question was closed 2015-11-07T18:16:44.063

3Seems like you are a botnet operator... – Kozuch – 2013-12-01T22:03:03.907

actualy i´m thinking about the possibility. If it is profitable or not. – user9829 – 2013-12-01T23:02:17.333

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If those are reasonably decent CPUs, they could be able to mine up to 20 Mhash/s each. Together, that's 20 Ghash/s, or the same as a small ASIC, and using massively more electricity.

As of december 2013, with the difficulty at 707408283, this means that you'd have approximately a 0.85% chance per month to win a block (worth 25 BTC).

Pieter Wuille

Posted 2013-12-01T20:36:32.260

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nice! Tks! tell me... out of the possibility to win a block, just the act of "mining" win some bitcoin? – user9829 – 2013-12-01T23:05:30.767

I don't understand what you're asking now. – Pieter Wuille – 2013-12-03T00:14:49.913

Oh, if you don't solo-mine, and join a pool, you will earn approximately the same on average (0.85% * 25 BTC = 0.21 BTC per month). – Pieter Wuille – 2013-12-03T00:20:03.090

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