<p>Even if it was a GPGPU cluster, you will not make a profit from the prices they are charging. Mining at this point is only profitable with FPGA, ASICs and certain GPUs pending power consumption. </p>

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2013-05-21T09:14:52.870Z
That's not what he asked.
Steven Roose
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2013-05-21T16:36:09.660Z
@StevenRoose because the question suffered from the xy problem. He likely should have asked "is it profitable to mine with Google Compute Engine?".
o0'.
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2013-05-22T01:03:22.153Z
@StevenRoose He asked a question that has a vacuous answer. I suspect his concern is what Lohoris pointed out. Is it profitable. I can pass the Turing test and infer meaning :)
Charles Hoskinson
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Charles Hoskinson
<p>Google has opened its Compute Engine and it has a <a href="https://cloud.google.com/pricing/compute-engine" rel="nofollow">price list</a>. How much would cost to mine a bitcoin block with Google Compute Engine?</p>

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2013-05-20T22:59:15.980Z
I'm not going to crunch the numbers right now, but it wouldn't be worth it.  It would most likely take more than a year.
Julian Goldsmith
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2013-05-20T23:06:25.913Z
It's CPU only - I doubt it would be profitable.
Nick ODell
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2013-05-20T23:12:36.450Z
They tell it's good to render videos. I wonder if a GPU farm wouldn't be much more cost efficient for that purpose too.
Jader Dias
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How much would cost to mine a block with Google Compute Engine?
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# How much would cost to mine a block with Google Compute Engine?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-05-20)

Google has opened its Compute Engine and it has a [price list](https://cloud.google.com/pricing/compute-engine). How much would cost to mine a bitcoin block with Google Compute Engine?

**Tags:** mining-profitability, cpu-mining

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'm not going to crunch the numbers right now, but it wouldn't be worth it.  It would most likely take more than a year.  
> **username_2**: It's CPU only - I doubt it would be profitable.  
> **username_0**: They tell it's good to render videos. I wonder if a GPU farm wouldn't be much more cost efficient for that purpose too.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2013-05-21. Score: 2

Even if it was a GPGPU cluster, you will not make a profit from the prices they are charging. Mining at this point is only profitable with FPGA, ASICs and certain GPUs pending power consumption.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: That's not what he asked.  
> **username_5**: @username_4 because the question suffered from the xy problem. He likely should have asked "is it profitable to mine with Google Compute Engine?".  
> **username_3**: @username_4 He asked a question that has a vacuous answer. I suspect his concern is what Lohoris pointed out. Is it profitable. I can pass the Turing test and infer meaning :)  

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