US Man Installs Crypto Mining Rig in Hybrid BMW Sportscar
While it can be powered by the hybrid car’s battery, the boot needs to stay open to avoid overheating.
US Man Installs Crypto Mining Rig in Hybrid BMW Sportscar
A U.S.-based cryptocurrency user has installed a mining rig in the trunk of his BMW i8, running the compact setup on the auto’s hybrid-electric power system.
- Simon Byrne system comprises six Nvidia RTX 3080s graphics cards, popular for mining Ethereum, which can be in operation whilst driving, according to a PC Gamer report Tuesday.
- While it can be powered by the hybrid car’s battery, the boot needs to stay open to avoid overheating.
- The mining rig is said to be capable of generating a profit of $128,088 per year and was first reported by HardwareTimes.
- Byrne’s BMW boasts the Nevada license plate “HODLER” (a community term for holders of cryptocurrency) and is capable of accelerating to 100 km/hr in 4.4 seconds.
- He told PC Gamer that he had installed the mining rig in his car “just to annoy gamers.”
- Chip-maker giant Nvidia recently said it could potentially restart the production of dedicated graphics processing units for cryptocurrency miners, amid short supplies of the RTX 3080 GPUs.
