<p>Yes there is a luck factor - mining is just probabilities, it is all about luck and probability. Technically every miner, no matter how big, has a chance of mining the next block. But more powerful miners have a higher chance, like they've bought more lotto tickets, than those who have only smaller mining rigs. This makes the probability of mining a block using a GPU so tiny that it's almost certainly never going to happen.</p>

<p>See this answer for more info: <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/41276/in-the-asic-age-is-it-worth-starting-mining-bitcoin-at-home">In the ASIC-age, is it worth starting mining Bitcoin at home?</a></p>

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<p>I'm almost new in Bitcoin / crypto currency world. </p>

<p>I know that "old" coin like Bitcoin and others (for old i mean 2-3-4 years), when you want to mine there is a difficulty variable to considerer. </p>

<p>My question is: if i put my CPU (or my low computational GPU) to try to mine, can I except to be "lucky" and mine ..something ? 
My question is : is there also a "Lucky" factor to consider when you try to mine cryptocurrency, or .. it is only a cpu/gpu power matter ? </p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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Mining: is there also "luck" factor ?
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# Mining: is there also "luck" factor ?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-18)

I'm almost new in Bitcoin / crypto currency world.

I know that "old" coin like Bitcoin and others (for old i mean 2-3-4 years), when you want to mine there is a difficulty variable to considerer.

My question is: if i put my CPU (or my low computational GPU) to try to mine, can I except to be "lucky" and mine ..something ?
My question is : is there also a "Lucky" factor to consider when you try to mine cryptocurrency, or .. it is only a cpu/gpu power matter ?

Thanks

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-18. Score: 3

Yes there is a luck factor - mining is just probabilities, it is all about luck and probability. Technically every miner, no matter how big, has a chance of mining the next block. But more powerful miners have a higher chance, like they've bought more lotto tickets, than those who have only smaller mining rigs. This makes the probability of mining a block using a GPU so tiny that it's almost certainly never going to happen.

See this answer for more info: [In the ASIC-age, is it worth starting mining Bitcoin at home?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/41276/in-the-asic-age-is-it-worth-starting-mining-bitcoin-at-home)


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