How's this for an idea @johnarb Musk just includes some GPUs in a side circuit in his cars that do nothing by try to solve the hashes on the blockchain or however those algo try to work out answers to next BTC block. After all, his cars are all wireless internet so they would always be connected to the blockchain while they are being driven. He could even market it as being "green" by saying the algos would run only when regenerative braking is happening, so he is converting lost heat into crypto. Granted, the owners of the Teslas might only get a few satohis per year or whatever, but it's free money! It could get applied to their car loan, or charging cost, or something! What you say john, good idea, yes?
No free lunch. Will reduce range if regenerative braking energy that is currently being sent back to battery is diverted elsewhere. But those old tesla's that had access to free charging for life...
Jesus, man, how much current is being drawn by a few direct-current GPU chips? A watthour per each braking event? Besides, that is not THE answer, that was just a marketing answer. It can be done with full driving mode, not just during braking. I am thinking of this along the lines of the old SETI@Home project from decades ago, where when your PC went into screensaver mode, the SETI program on your PC would process the SETI signal data to search for candidate signals. It was a "Distributed Processing Network" or some shit like that. Similar to what blockchain is now.
Nothing to it, Energy management, future route probability / energy mgmt system, inputs for planned excursions, C) One offs or A) As done in prior 6 months rolling, B) As projected @ Time. = Be Prepared. Yeah, It'll cost ya, How much? It'll Pay ya too. How much? Hand that of to the stats guys. Ten thirty. Them coders are and planners will have that little wrinkle ironed out before 10:30 break ready for project update lunch at noon roundup. What else makes this "not a good idea?" bring it. Marketing, Ten thirty.
I don't think it's a good idea Bitcoin mining uses ASIC's that generate trillions of hashes per second and produces a ton of heat. Could pose a danger to the lithium batteries I saw an old article of someone utilizing the Tesla for GPU mining Ethereum (too lazy to search it now) in the trunk taking advantage of free lifetime supercharging. That's feasible but Tesla could cut you off if caught and soon Ethereum cannot be mined using GPU's
That's great. Go on with it Businessman and All a y'all. Shoot this idea down. Bring it. Get Overnight's Cock On The Block T-shirt. State your shirt size. All a y'all Kvetches out there, get in here! Stand and Deliver when it counts! Bring It! Shoot er down!
You can do it. The power of Tesla's CPUs/GPUs will generate about $0.01 per year in bitcoin. If that.