Hey! So I have two spare computers, with 7th gen i5s and 16GB of ram. What would be the best way to try and monetise them? I’ve found one or two websites which allow you to rent out your servers essentially as a VPS on a fairly long term way with a decent payout. However I tried sending them an email and got no response. Are there any other such services?

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  • @roofuskit@lemmy.world
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    188 months ago

    This is assuming you already have solar panels. You'd never recoup the costs of purchasing them for this.

    • @Windex007@lemmy.world
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      128 months ago

      It also assumes that you can't directly sell power back to the grid, which without power efficient mining hardware would still be a more valuable thing to do with the electricity.

      • @roofuskit@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Not much of an issue today but, eventually grids will have to stop accepting back feeding solar systems. So some day, maybe.

    • JustEnoughDucks
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      18 months ago

      In belgium, eletrical prices are so high that it only takes 7-8 years including the installation costs. Without batteries that is. Batteries would double it, depending on capacity.

      But someplace like North Dakota, it would take around 15 years to recoup the investment due to low energy prices and toxic, anti-solar policies paid for by energy companies.