It feels like wasted power. You could at least be earning something off it. The creator can either take a cut if it’s free or lump sum for paid.

I’ve seen a few idle games take up a lot CPU resources, not necessarily GPU so it had me wondering. Why not make it mine?

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    You do know that PCs don’t consume all the power when idle right?

    I have a server with 2x800W power supplies and it idles at 110w. If I were to run a crypto miner on it my power bill will go up far more than the game creator will make.

    The only winner in small scale crypto mining is the power company.

    • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      This isn’t about a computer on idle… This is about a computer running a game non stop that people think is Idle… When it’s not. It’s often running a game doing massive number calculations regularly. Sometimes showing hundreds to thousands of separate things on the screen constantly.

      I think a lot of the comments here just don’t seem to understand how many resources an Idle game can actually take up lol.

      • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
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        7 months ago

        And if you mine crypto at the same time, it either uses even more resources, or the game runs slower.