Crypto enthusiast Simon Byrne took the crypto mining out of the garage and put it on the road after installing a small farm in the trunk of his car.
According to a Hardware Times report, Byrne purchased a BMV i8 hybrid vehicle at retail for about $ 150,000 and equipped it with a small cryptographic mining platform consisting of six GeForce RTX 3080 video cards. The equipment is powered by an ASUS B250 Mining Expert card and an EVGA SuperNOVA 1600 T2 power supply. He is capable of mining Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).
Nevada’s HODLer – as the license plate says – alone built the entire configuration “to annoy players” and make money on the go. While the graphics cards that Byrne uses are marketed to high-end PC players, some miners are able to use their enhanced specifications for encryption.
“I’m not using cryptography to make quick money, but I accept the bonus,” said Byrne.
The car battery is supposed to provide power to the farm, but heat is still a concern – maybe Byrne mainly plans to drive and mine in the winter? Otherwise, he will likely need to keep the rear door of his BMV open for ventilation.
Cointelegraph reported in December that the same speedster spent more than $ 93,000 to install 78 graphics cards in his home to mine Ether when the token price was just over $ 700. At the time, estimates pointed to Byrne’s configuration as capable of generating about $ 122,000 in profit per year, despite a huge electricity bill.
Since that time, the price of Ether has doubled after breaking a two-year high earlier today. Bitcoin has risen 2% in the past 24 hours to reach $ 32,639 at the time of publication.