can mineral oil be used for the cooling?
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Immersion mining is what you’re looking for but as far as I know they aren’t suitable for home operation
ah interesting. why is that?
I think it’s the kind of thing that’s more expensive in small volume but economical at high volume. All the extra tubing and the extra heat exchange step. But there are people here who actually mine. nostr:npub1hte85nxymfyez0nlmmxf287nh9cujfuetxhk9vptwcdqg0pn8pxqxasw3d do you know?
I’m aggressively anti-immersion all together no matter the scale. Expensive up front cost, maintenance is a nightmare, and you better hope that the ASIC or god forbid ASICs that you put in there operate completely fine for the rest of time.
Chip by chip hydro-cooling is expensive right now but I think that’s the more ergonomic response to this. Only at scale though for now. But the set up for that at the moment is extremely difficult to achieve unless you have hefty capital and time. I predict that we will see that become more feasible in the future.
For now, fan modifications and underclocking is the easiest. Hope this helps, happy to answer any other questions you may have.
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