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I am not interested in mining myself, I just want to know how true my friend's claims are since Bitcoin is a subject that I try to follow and understand.
He says he mined 31 bitcoins in 7 months using 2 gtx 460 in a regular gaming PC. This supposedly happened around 2011-2012. I told him this sounded like too much to me and he says it was possible because he was in a "hard to access" mining pool.
So, I just want to know if these numbers are remotely possible. My limited knowledge and the browsing I have done says it's too much but, of course, I could be wrong.
What do you guys think? Thanks.
This answer could be improved by explicitly addressing the plausibility of mining a number of bitcoins with GPU mining then. The value of 31 bitcoins then doesn't seem to be the central issue of the askers question. (Although I may have made it look that way, by editing the title.) – Murch – 2016-02-12T15:01:11.853
@NickODell I said the opposite of implausible: not unlikely. – Jannes – 2016-02-13T08:54:12.777
@Murch sounded to me the OP didn't believe his friend statement, as 31 BTC sounds like a lot of money today. Back then however 31 BTC wasn't that much and probably worth less than the 2 GPUs+electricity used. And therefore it sounds very plausible his friend is talking the truth. – Jannes – 2016-02-13T09:00:18.047