Any computer can mine bitcoin, back to 1989, but don’t expect to make too much money

Almost any computer can mine cryptocurrencies, but that does not mean that you will make a profit: power is key.

In recent times we have seen the problems that exist in the cryptocurrency sector to find territories in which to locate their mining farms. In China they have prohibited mining and in other countries they are also restricting it due to the problems it causes, which does not mean that anyone does not do it at home.

With the aim of testing different teams and experimenting, we have already seen that there are those who have put their 1989 Game Boy to mine, more to show that they are capable of doing it than to get any income. Now it is announced that they have also achieved it with a computer from the same year.

A laptop Toshiba T3200SX de 1989 you can also mine bitcoin, although in TechRadar They warn that it will make its owner win one dollar every 584 million years.

This Toshiba T3200SX runs on the MS-DOS operating system and as far as power goes, it’s piloted by a Intel 386SX 16MHz processor. It cost the owner $6,299 at the time and must have been a good buy if it still works.

This one, Dmitrii Eliuseev, has shared through your blog the process that he has followed to make this ancient equipment capable of mining bitcoin, something that will surely seem interesting to anyone who knows how to program.

Regarding these practices, in the last two years an entire industry has been created around the mining of cryptocurrencies. This leads to some antivirus taking advantage of users’ computers to do so without them being aware.

However, obtaining benefits at home is very complicated and impossible with this type of old equipment: the cost of electricity is much greater than any money that can be obtained. In this case, the computer generates an expense of 3.3 dollars per month… and to achieve one dollar it takes 584 million years. The accounts do not come out.