<p>I know it doesn't answer your question, but: don't do that.</p>

<p>Time to mine on regular computers, even with strong GPUs, is long gone. If you don't have powerful ASICs, forget mining at school computers.</p>

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2013-11-30T12:38:43.830Z
What's the reason? Does this have any relation to the price?
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2013-11-30T13:45:27.903Z
It has a relation to the mining difficulty. More powerful computers are mining, the more hard it is to mine. Right now, ASICs - chips, that can do nothing else but mine bitcoins - are made by large numbers. You cannot compete with them with general purpose computers.
Karel Bílek
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<p>I work in a lab and I have full access to the lab. I often leave my old laptop in this lab to do computational stuff (for lab or for my own stuff). If I want to mind bitcoin using this setup, what unusual behaviors will alert the administration of the school's network? Will there be a huge outgoing traffic? Does it require some ports to be opened?</p>

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What unusal behavior would alert school's system administrator from mining bitcoin?
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# What unusal behavior would alert school's system administrator from mining bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-30)

I work in a lab and I have full access to the lab. I often leave my old laptop in this lab to do computational stuff (for lab or for my own stuff). If I want to mind bitcoin using this setup, what unusual behaviors will alert the administration of the school's network? Will there be a huge outgoing traffic? Does it require some ports to be opened?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-11-30. Score: 1

I know it doesn't answer your question, but: don't do that.

Time to mine on regular computers, even with strong GPUs, is long gone. If you don't have powerful ASICs, forget mining at school computers.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: What's the reason? Does this have any relation to the price?  
> **username_1**: It has a relation to the mining difficulty. More powerful computers are mining, the more hard it is to mine. Right now, ASICs - chips, that can do nothing else but mine bitcoins - are made by large numbers. You cannot compete with them with general purpose computers.  

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