Hi,
I have a spare computer with a fairly decent CPU but no graphics card. I like the idea of running an ethereum node just for the warm feeling of being involved. Two questions:
1) If I use this machine as a miner will I be contributing anything useful to the network?
2) Is it possible to run as just a kind of block verifier that is providing useful work without having to do PoW?
Or, in general, can a machine without a beefy GPU contribute anything useful to the network?
Cheers
Felix
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Doesn't have to be a super beefy gpu. I have an r7 370 2GB, which is roughly equivalent to a r9 270, or 270x. I got it at best buy for US $160. Any AMD video card with more than 2Gb of ram should work, newer stuff you'll have better luck with I think.
If the eth price stays where it is you should be able to break even if you got a video card, then sell it after POW is over or mine some other coin.
How is a node useful to the network just by running (and not mining)?
Thanks