<p>Unfortunately, none of those other uses are worth the power your GPUs consume. I'd say sell it and use the money to find a new hobby, like skiing or flying model helicopters.</p>

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2013-01-25T18:47:15.560Z
2013-01-25T18:47:15.560Z
David Schwartz
<p>Vanity mining for example over at my <a href="https://vanitypool.appspot.com/">Vanity Pool</a>. Thanks to split-key vanity addresses anyone can request a vanity address without compromising their security, set their own bounty, and anyone with a mining GPU can try solving the work and claiming the bounty.</p>

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2013-01-25T15:05:27.823Z
Yes I've seen this referenced but imagine it is a very small market in comparison the amount of mining resources being freed for such application. So the return on investment is questionable and probably miners are going to be looking for more options.
gesell
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@gesell Well, I bet a lot of people would want to have their own vanity address, so if the pool will get popular with the miners, they might in turn spread the word to other people to use this.
ThePiachu
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ThePiachu
<p>Folding@home <a href="http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-highperformance">can</a> run calculations on your GPU, Seti@home at least support <a href="http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/cuda.php">nvidia</a>.</p>

<p>There's also <a href="http://www.gpugrid.net/">gpugrid.net</a>, which seems to be specialized on using GPUs for medical research.</p>

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2013-04-05T15:49:21.113Z
not really comparable to bitcoin and no financial return, or are they paying for cycles at these projects now?
gesell
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Philip Frank
<p>you could mine litecoins; the advantage of having a GPU over a CPU is not as pronouced as with bitcoin but it could still be profitable. you may have to run those numbers though. <a href="http://ltc-charts.com">ltc-charts.com</a> for exchange rates.</p>

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2013-01-26T19:47:53.330Z
heres a comparison of mining hardware https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Mining-hardware-comparison
leximus prime
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2013-01-27T07:25:25.203Z
You certainly could mine Litecoins and the return is similar to BTC
BitCoin New Guy
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leximus prime
<p>With the return from GPU mining likely to be affected by ASICs, where can miners turn their machines? Should I become a pro gamer? Join a rendering farm for cash (do they exist?) and let Disney use my rig to make toystory 4? Donate it to SETI@HOME or FOLDING@HOME? Donate it to an Anonymous botnet? Join a spamming farm used to bombard Bitcoin dev's with requests to switch double-SHA256 for double-MD5 in the code?</p>

<p>In short, what serious alternatives are their for profit or just putting to good use mining rigs?</p>

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I am interested in joining a rendering farm, can someone tell me if it actually exist?
tommyip
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Now that my GPU mining rig will be made obsolete, where to turn?
gesell
# Now that my GPU mining rig will be made obsolete, where to turn?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-01-25)

With the return from GPU mining likely to be affected by ASICs, where can miners turn their machines? Should I become a pro gamer? Join a rendering farm for cash (do they exist?) and let Disney use my rig to make toystory 4? Donate it to SETI@HOME or FOLDING@HOME? Donate it to an Anonymous botnet? Join a spamming farm used to bombard Bitcoin dev's with requests to switch double-SHA256 for double-MD5 in the code?

In short, what serious alternatives are their for profit or just putting to good use mining rigs?

**Tags:** asic, mining-hardware, gpu

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I am interested in joining a rendering farm, can someone tell me if it actually exist?  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-01-25. Score: 6

Unfortunately, none of those other uses are worth the power your GPUs consume. I'd say sell it and use the money to find a new hobby, like skiing or flying model helicopters.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-01-25. Score: 6

Vanity mining for example over at my [Vanity Pool](https://vanitypool.appspot.com/). Thanks to split-key vanity addresses anyone can request a vanity address without compromising their security, set their own bounty, and anyone with a mining GPU can try solving the work and claiming the bounty.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Yes I've seen this referenced but imagine it is a very small market in comparison the amount of mining resources being freed for such application. So the return on investment is questionable and probably miners are going to be looking for more options.  
> **username_3**: @username_0 Well, I bet a lot of people would want to have their own vanity address, so if the pool will get popular with the miners, they might in turn spread the word to other people to use this.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2013-01-25. Score: 6

Folding@home [can](http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-highperformance) run calculations on your GPU, Seti@home at least support [nvidia](http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/cuda.php).

There's also [gpugrid.net](http://www.gpugrid.net/), which seems to be specialized on using GPUs for medical research.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: not really comparable to bitcoin and no financial return, or are they paying for cycles at these projects now?  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2013-01-26. Score: 4

you could mine litecoins; the advantage of having a GPU over a CPU is not as pronouced as with bitcoin but it could still be profitable. you may have to run those numbers though. [ltc-charts.com](http://ltc-charts.com) for exchange rates.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: heres a comparison of mining hardware https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Mining-hardware-comparison  
> **username_6**: You certainly could mine Litecoins and the return is similar to BTC  

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