Is Bitcoin mining bad for your computer?

[NordisLofer 77]

Mining any cryptocurrency harms your computer, since your video cards and processor are warming up, and if they burn out, you will have to buy again.

[mrking049 260]

There are many mining sites in the market. Some are good and paying sites, and some are not paying and fake sites. I don't like mining sites because it destroys and harmful your pc.

[saddam24 3]

I extracted bitcoin from several systems, some processors (which turned out to be unavailable), and some GPUs. GPU miners ...

[jacker 1095]

Bitcoin mining is bad for computers, it consumes a bit of electricity and memory, and the more you use it, the more likely it will fail....

[Maaz sultan 265]

On 10/5/2019 at 12:03 PM, Joewilbertson said:

Yes, you will most certainly overheat your computer.

Causing irreversible damage to your hardware. There is no point in mining bitcoin with your home computer. To mine bitcoin you need an ASIC machine.

Yes you are correct Mining on your computer ,Laptop or mobile is reduce the life of your devices and cause high damage . 

[doriahailee 643]

18 hours ago, Ket€hups said:

That's depend on your computer and your computer will not damage if you are using high spec

Nope, It's still damaging if the computer was run for mining on a long time even with high spec, Bitcoin mining was requiring ASIC Miner hardware and not CPU And if we mine with CPU On SHA256 Algorithm especially for bitcoin it just wasting time and energy, Maybe it's better to mine another coin that have different algorithm.

[Suhannewaz 245]

: machine degrades faster because it is being used more (you will need to repair it earlier than usual), computer heats up and some components malfunction as a result.

[Brushless4500KV 4214]

It depends on how much pressure you are applying to your CPU for mining. Too much pressure will overheat your CPU and certainly can damage it but if you learn how to limit your processing power, you can reduce the heat and prevent damage. But it is always better to mine with GPU rigs because you will mine faster and easier.

[McCree 713]

Mining is a very noisy process and will cost you a lot of money to replace your mining equipment with the newer versions as they are released. Even if you have an Antminer S17 that's only going to make you a few dozen dollars of bitcoin because the mining difficulty increases exponentially.

[Hendy1 370]

"No", if you use it to "invest" in mining.

"Yes" If you use your computer for solo mining, it obviously damages your computer.

For example you can use a mining rig or an ASIC antminer product only costs for electricity and the internet is recommended.

[Goody28 259]

On 10/5/2019 at 8:03 AM, Joewilbertson said:

Yes, you will most certainly overheat your computer.

Causing irreversible damage to your hardware. There is no point in mining bitcoin with your home computer. To mine bitcoin you need an ASIC machine.

Truly you are correct bitcoins mining with your computer will certainly gets overheat always because you have to stick to the computer all day long and this is very bad  at times go goes on alot of damage will be done on the computer

[kadayakito 765]

Certainly mining bitcoin will affect your computer, only affect it more or less. The exploit will harm your computer a lot.

[tung12345 30]

You can use your Microsoft Windows PC to start mining for Ethereum today. We pay you based on your mining efforts every day if you reach the subsequent minimum withdraw amounts of each section.

[scorpiali 5626]

1 hour ago, kadayakito said:

Certainly mining bitcoin will affect your computer, only affect it more or less. The exploit will harm your computer a lot.

Yes true mining on your computer will really broke your computer energy and make it die slowly abd in final you don't get anything just some satoshi without any big value

[Moustafa 78]

Hi my friend 💙
In fact yes mining is bad for your computer and it damages the computer because mining takes 100% power from your computer so after like 1 year of mining your computer will be garbage and you have to throw it away.

[Usman Abdulmumin 354]

Mining using computer is harmful to CPU so I will suggest that you don't have to mine crypto rmining stops in your computer in order to avoid crashes

[Sapdrx 469]

1 minute ago, yk1656902 said:

Yes, it'll eatup a part of memory and power as well, do not run bitcoin mining on your computer. Attempt a few other coins that are simple to mine without any issues to PC.

Normal computer are not made for bitcoin mining. Mining uses a lot of CPU. When your computer is working that hard it heats up so unless you have some kind of cooling system to prevent overheating I would say it's not good for your PC or laptop.

[guatazoo 7150]

On 10/5/2019 at 4:13 PM, cryptosix said:

Yes, it will eatup a lot of memory and electricity too, don't run bitcoin mining on your computer. Try some other coins that are easy to mine without any problems to PC.

And what are those other coin that are easier mine with computer?

[lingardcpp24 7]

BTC mining is very difficult, it requires you to have a very powerful asic apparatus. It uses a lot of electricity and runs at maximum power, so its lifespan will be greatly reduced. Each set of asic will not last long

[scorpiali 5626]

14 hours ago, Lativak said:

No as long as you have a nice cooling for your mining rig your system will be fine, in addition to that give your system at least a 1 hour break in every 12 or 24hour which helps with that problem.

I think it's not good for your computer even if you give him a break , you use your computer for twelve hours and you give just one hour for break and you think it's ok for your pc , really I don't think so

[BitMart 326]

Bitcoin mining on home computer is never been good as its can create many problems for you even if you are using some unauthentic software then you can face some trouble which happen just because of heat but you can mine few cryptocurrencies which allow this if you want to do then start with other cryptos which can you sell for bitcoin after having some good amount.

[Robot 93]

I am already said that I have no idea about mining. Because I don't work any mining site. But I am interested to know about this metter

[bitcoinb 1359]

3 hours ago, hmind said:

Is it true that mining Bitcoin will damage our hardware, how about mining other coins? Will the impact be different?

There is a lot of confusion about mining, bitcoin mining, altcoin mining, cloud mining. If you have a good ventirad on your CPU, you will not overheat it. For GPU mining, if you don't use overclocking (personally I always use overclocking), you will not damage your GPU.

 

 

7 hours ago, Robot said:

I am already said that I have no idea about mining. Because I don't work any mining site. But I am interested to know about this metter

CPU mining = low hash power, low rewards, less coins to mine

GPU mining = high power, a lot of coins available to mine, high power consumption

ASIC mining = decicated hardware most often built for a specific algorythm, high power

Cloud mining = you rent hash power from a company that run an Asic mining farm.

[Win 1015]

I tried it in my own computer before but i thought it is not profitable and it is not good.my computer got overheat and my electricity bill is so very high in the end i just only waste my computer and electricity

[Brushless4500KV 4214]

On 1/13/2020 at 4:52 PM, DaddyMtn said:

Mining is a process that requires electricity and power from your computer video source and processor so yes it actually damages your computer every time you do it

The main damage occurs due to heat and high temperatures because when a computer is mining, its CPU is working at full power to do hard mathematical calculations. This will generate lots of heat which is the main source of failure in electronic circuit boards. If during mining CPU fan stops working only for a few seconds, your CPU will melt! The same thing can happen for GPU too. Anyone should only mine with hardware that is specifically designed for this purpose.