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Old 11-06-2013, 05:44 PM  
Stephen
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Originally Posted by nexcom28 View Post
Why would anyone even bother to mine coins?
Because it's profitable if you don't have to pay for electricity, so folks that have subsidized utilities (think the poor and the third-worlders, students in a dorm, kids living with their parents, techs doing at their place of employment, etc.)

It's the same as pirate sites: if you don't need to pay for content, the whole equation becomes much more attractive
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