<blockquote>
  <p>Is Bitcoin mining profitable on a 8 core, 32 GB server with unused capacity?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>No.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>I used <a href="http://www.coinish.com/calc/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinish.com/calc/</a> but it does not have anything near to my hardware specs.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Expect 2-4MH per core. 38MH/s for all eight is all but useless. Maybe 80c a month, if that. </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>with 1BTC=$1200+ the scenario must have changed a lot ?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>No.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Secondly, can I use multiple servers and computers to work as a farm towards the common goal of mining bitcoins working as a team and will this help achieve the goal of profitability.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>No.</p>

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2013-12-01T07:56:11.623Z
The last answer should be yes, no - yes, you can use multiple computers as a farm, but no, that wont help. If a computer is loosing money, more computers just loose more money.
TomTom
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2013-12-01T10:22:30.700Z
It's really a no. The question asks if it's more profitable to have more than one mining, but it's just the same as having a sole miner. As you said, they lose at the same rate.
Anonymous
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2013-12-01T10:23:18.993Z
Actually no. It is two questions. "Can I use multiple servers and computer to work as a farm towards the common goal" - yes. "And will this help achieve the goal of profitability" - no.
TomTom
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2013-12-01T10:34:53.497Z
The implication of the first "working as a team" is a precursor to the second, which is improving efficiency. You can see why I classed the two as one and the same, but I can also see why you treat them as different.
Anonymous
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2013-12-01T06:01:43.930Z
2013-12-01T06:01:43.930Z
Anonymous
<p>I have a server with following specs which is using avg. 20% CPU daily :</p>

<pre><code>Quad Core 3.20Ghz (E3-1230)
32GB RAM
1Gbps unmetered b/w
</code></pre>

<p>My questions are :</p>

<p>1). With today's rates does it makes sense to CPU mine Bitcoins, what results should I expect? I used <a href="http://www.coinish.com/calc/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinish.com/calc/</a> but it does not have anything near to my hardware specs. All other answers to similar questions take the old Bitcoin rates into consideration of profitability - with 1BTC=$1200+ the scenario must have changed a lot ?</p>

<p>2). Secondly, can I use multiple servers and computers to work as a farm towards the common goal of mining bitcoins working as a team and will this help achieve the goal of profitability.</p>

<p>The servers are used for hosting websites and I pay a fixed rental. So there is no additional investment or charges involved.</p>

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Is Bitcoin mining profitable on a 8 core, 32 GB server with unused capacity?
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# Is Bitcoin mining profitable on a 8 core, 32 GB server with unused capacity?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-01)

I have a server with following specs which is using avg. 20% CPU daily :
Quad Core 3.20Ghz (E3-1230)
32GB RAM
1Gbps unmetered b/w

My questions are :
1). With today's rates does it makes sense to CPU mine Bitcoins, what results should I expect? I used http://www.coinish.com/calc/ but it does not have anything near to my hardware specs. All other answers to similar questions take the old Bitcoin rates into consideration of profitability - with 1BTC=$1200+ the scenario must have changed a lot ?
2). Secondly, can I use multiple servers and computers to work as a farm towards the common goal of mining bitcoins working as a team and will this help achieve the goal of profitability.
The servers are used for hosting websites and I pay a fixed rental. So there is no additional investment or charges involved.

**Tags:** mining-pools, mining-profitability, cpu-mining


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-01. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

> Is Bitcoin mining profitable on a 8 core, 32 GB server with unused capacity?

No.

> I used <http://www.coinish.com/calc/> but it does not have anything near to my hardware specs.

Expect 2-4MH per core. 38MH/s for all eight is all but useless. Maybe 80c a month, if that.

> with 1BTC=$1200+ the scenario must have changed a lot ?

No.

> Secondly, can I use multiple servers and computers to work as a farm towards the common goal of mining bitcoins working as a team and will this help achieve the goal of profitability.

No.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: The last answer should be yes, no - yes, you can use multiple computers as a farm, but no, that wont help. If a computer is loosing money, more computers just loose more money.  
> **username_1**: It's really a no. The question asks if it's more profitable to have more than one mining, but it's just the same as having a sole miner. As you said, they lose at the same rate.  
> **username_2**: Actually no. It is two questions. "Can I use multiple servers and computer to work as a farm towards the common goal" - yes. "And will this help achieve the goal of profitability" - no.  
> **username_1**: The implication of the first "working as a team" is a precursor to the second, which is improving efficiency. You can see why I classed the two as one and the same, but I can also see why you treat them as different.  

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