Crypto enthusiast installs mining rig in BMW's trunk "to annoy gamers"

[Shawn Knight]

In brief: In what can only be described as a surefire tactic to tick off the PC gaming community, one cryptocurrency enthusiast has taken the idea of mobile mining to a whole new level by installing a mobile mining farm in the trunk of his car.

Tom’s Hardware has shared photos from an individual named Simon Byrne. According to the publication and as illustrated in the images, Byrne created a miniature cryptocurrency mining rig in the back of his BMW i8 hybrid sports car consisting of six Nvidia RTX 3080 graphics cards.

When asked if the setup was real, Byrne reportedly told the publication that he made it himself “just to annoy gamers.”

The BMW’s internal battery pack is said to have more than enough juice to power the six GPU setup.

While it’s neat to look at, the setup isn’t terribly practical for actually mining cryptocurrency. Due to the enormous amount of heat generated by the GPUs, the vehicle’s rear hatch must remain open in order for the rig to avoid overheating. It would also likely encounter cooling issues during warm summer months.

One has to also surmise that the risk of theft is high. Advertising six in-demand GPUs that are still commanding a premium on third-party marketplaces like eBay in the back of your car is just asking for someone to commit a smash and grab.

Masthead credit Johnnie Rik

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[redhat]

Why not adding some thermal turbines to generate electricity from the heat

 

[Plutoisaplanet]

Rich people can do what they want with their money; this guy can go ahead and waste his money with this lol. There are way better ways to grow your net worth.

 

[noel24]

Yeah, I would say Simon Byrne is some kind of attention wh*re, who doesn't know how to use His money to bring in chicks?
Come on, turn on Youtube and look for guys like Rich Rebuilds or Samcrac.

 

[Ssgtnubb]

Sigh, a fool and his money are quickly departed as the saying goes.

 

[bviktor]

Bonus points for the HODLER plate

 

[punctualturn]

Beautiful!

Keep buying Nvidia and leave AMD for us..

mwahahahaha

 

[brucek]

While reading this I was remembering a scene early in Breaking Bad where Walt encounters a d*bag and his BMW at a gas station...

edit: found it

 

[QuantumPhysics]

This was done before. A Tesla owner with free supercharging was mining from his car.

A TREMENDOUS WASTE of resources.

I can't wait till this stupid, wasteful Cryptocurrency (Ponzi Scheme) nonsense gets government legislation to outlaw it for wasting energy.

 

[PEnnn]

This guy is a scalper's wet-dream.

Let's hope nobody rea ends this pathetic doosh.

 

[OortCloud]

What a tool

 

[MrGRiMv25]

It's really not that annoying... sounds more annoying to be the driver if the boot has to be open to not overheat? Derp.

 

[Rayneofpayne]

The car is douchey, and he proved to make it more douche. Low IQ morons, bonus for criminals stealing this car and making it stand out even more.

 

[VitalyT]

I think gamers should get together, and "annoy" this worthless graphic cards hogger.

I'd say that to see his car burnt to the ground would bring happiness to many people.

 

[ddferrari]

"Advertising six in-demand GPUs that are still commanding a premium on third-party marketplaces like eBay in the back of your car is just asking for someone to commit a smash and grab."

Let us hope...

 

[Seraphim401]

Hope he installed a turn signal switch also.

 

[lipe123]

One could only hope that the setup catches fire in the garage and burns down his entire house with it...

Some people don't deserve to be rich apparently.

 

[Dimitriid]

Why would gamers get angry at him? He's not at fault: It's Nvidia and AMD that are making a killing and have so far refused to at least ATTEMPT to control the situation by developing a bios that detects and kills heavy compute use outside of white listed applications.

Yes yes yes, I know it wouldn't work fail proof but they could spend some time trying to develop cards that ONLY work for gaming and not compute at all and let workstation and miners get the rest. Then they can just allocate whatever they want to miners. Hell they can even make it 80 or 90% of their stock of chips if they want to but to just pretend nothing is happening or that they have no control and no way of fixing it while quietly getting rich by clearing inventory of even 2060s they're bringing back for miners is just trusting the good faith of gamers a bit much.

Truth of the matter is that they're happy to be super profitable while scumbags push carbon emissions through the roof for a pointless fiat currency that's basically there mostly just to launder money from criminals anyway, dirty business in about as many angles as you can think of.

 

[terzaerian]

Why would gamers get angry at him?

He's trying to troll the brainlets that stalk even this very site that screech that mining should be banned, I reckon

 

[imdarkbreeze]

This guy is a scalper's wet-dream.

Let's hope nobody rea ends this pathetic doosh.

Actually, let's hope they DO.

 

[candle_86]

Hope he installed a turn signal switch also.

Bmw drivers have no idea what that is, or that high beams shouldn't be on with oncoming traffic. I've yet to meet a single person who drives a bmw that also possess the base level abilities of common sense or human decency.

 

[Scshadow]

Why would gamers get angry at him? He's not at fault: It's Nvidia and AMD that are making a killing and have so far refused to at least ATTEMPT to control the situation by developing a bios that detects and kills heavy compute use outside of white listed applications.

Yes yes yes, I know it wouldn't work fail proof but they could spend some time trying to develop cards that ONLY work for gaming and not compute at all and let workstation and miners get the rest. Then they can just allocate whatever they want to miners. Hell they can even make it 80 or 90% of their stock of chips if they want to but to just pretend nothing is happening or that they have no control and no way of fixing it while quietly getting rich by clearing inventory of even 2060s they're bringing back for miners is just trusting the good faith of gamers a bit much.

Truth of the matter is that they're happy to be super profitable while scumbags push carbon emissions through the roof for a pointless fiat currency that's basically there mostly just to launder money from criminals anyway, dirty business in about as many angles as you can think of.

You actually think this would work? You think they could actually do this with LESS backlash then what they are receiving now? Cause I'm thinking I want to both have my card and own it too. If Nvidia starts controlling what people do with their cards, you are talking a very slippery slope.

 

[cliffordcooley]

"Crypto enthusiast"
That is not the words I would use. Way too kind.

 

[R00sT3R]

I give it a month before one of those said gamers tracks him down, and torches his wheels...

 

[cliffordcooley]

He would only cry over the loss of his GPUs.