Does anyone have any experiences with these services like gollum Network? Is it safe? Does it earn you a net monetary gain compared to your electric bill? I have a pretty nice desktop that sits around for most of the day, just wondering what else I can do with it while I’m at work.

Please note, I’m asking specifically for people who have actually done this and what their experiences were, good and bad. I understand I’m not going to make tons of (or possibly any) money or start a business.

  • legion02@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Especially since in the summer every watt you use has to be cooled with your AC. In the winter the temp is on your side a little, but still probably going to be hard to break even.

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      1 year ago

      If you use electric heating, then the use of electricity for computation is basically free in winter, no?

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        1 year ago

        Purely electric heating is pretty rare I’d think. Most will be heat pump which is wayyy more efficient than an electric heater