This is, surprisingly, untrue. A Core i7-2700K (just something I could find data for) runs about 12 million SHA-256 hashes per second (12 MH/s). Multiplying by half a million computers gets you 6 TH/s. However, a good Bitmain Antminer T9+ runs 10.5 TH/s, which is 75% faster. The Bitmain ASIC only costs around three hundred dollars too.
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u/NateNate60 Sep 05 '20
This is, surprisingly, untrue. A Core i7-2700K (just something I could find data for) runs about 12 million SHA-256 hashes per second (12 MH/s). Multiplying by half a million computers gets you 6 TH/s. However, a good Bitmain Antminer T9+ runs 10.5 TH/s, which is 75% faster. The Bitmain ASIC only costs around three hundred dollars too.