<p>Bitcoin is mined using chips specifically produced for the purpose of SHA256 mining (ASICs). Anything else is an pointless waste of electricity and hardware, and will cost you orders of magnitude more than the gains.</p>
<p>Using clouds does not change this. Even if companies allowed it, it would cost you more than what it earns you.</p>
<p>You need ASICs.</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2021-11-11T23:10:47.167Z
2021-11-11T23:10:47.167Z
Pieter Wuille
<p>Where is cloud mining ok? many companies dont let you use their cloud to mine bitcoin so how do you do cloud mining? And is cloud mining worth it and does cloud mining have more advantages than normal mining?</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2021-11-12T18:07:26.253Z
@Prayank I agree, though I don't think that's what OP is asking about (it sounds like literally using some compute cloud to run mining on, not companies offering "cloud mining" as a concept directly).
Pieter Wuille
CC BY-SA 4.0
2021-11-12T18:10:48.510Z
@Pieter Wuille yeah I was not talking about companies doing it.
Varun W.
CC BY-SA 4.0
2021-11-12T18:43:42.190Z
@Prayank Absolutely, I upvoted it too, because it's useful for people looking for related information. I commented to avoid letting OP think it was an answer to their question.
Pieter Wuille
<cloud-mining>
Bitcoin mining with cloud
Varun W.
# Bitcoin mining with cloud

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-11-11)

Where is cloud mining ok? many companies dont let you use their cloud to mine bitcoin so how do you do cloud mining? And is cloud mining worth it and does cloud mining have more advantages than normal mining?

**Tags:** cloud-mining

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: @Prayank I agree, though I don't think that's what OP is asking about (it sounds like literally using some compute cloud to run mining on, not companies offering "cloud mining" as a concept directly).  
> **username_0**: @username_1 yeah I was not talking about companies doing it.  
> **username_1**: @Prayank Absolutely, I upvoted it too, because it's useful for people looking for related information. I commented to avoid letting OP think it was an answer to their question.  

---

## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-11-11. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Bitcoin is mined using chips specifically produced for the purpose of SHA256 mining (ASICs). Anything else is an pointless waste of electricity and hardware, and will cost you orders of magnitude more than the gains.

Using clouds does not change this. Even if companies allowed it, it would cost you more than what it earns you.

You need ASICs.


---

