New Bitcoin mining method: Tesla owner installed a mining machine in the trunk

Tencent Technology News: Recently, the price of Bitcoin has been rising, and the enthusiasm of Bitcoin "miners" around the world has been rising. According to the latest news from foreign media, a piece of news that made Musk want to cry was reported recently. Some Bitcoin miners installed mining machines in the trunk of Tesla electric cars, and then used the free electricity of Tesla charging stations to mine.

According to foreign technology media Electrek, the so-called miners or mining machines are metaphors. Bitcoin is a virtual currency, and the generation of currency requires a global crowdsourced computer network. In other words, every miner needs to provide computing equipment to participate in the "production" of Bitcoin.

Recently, someone in a Tesla owner's forum joked that one could place a mining machine in the trunk of a Tesla electric car and then charge it at Tesla's free Supercharger station, so that the free electricity could be used to "mine Bitcoin."

One Model S owner took action and installed a computing device in the trunk of his electric car.

However, the media pointed out that mining relying on free electricity from charging stations will generate huge heat inside electric vehicles.

It is currently impossible to confirm whether Tesla users who have carried out the above-mentioned modifications have actually carried out "mining" operations at the charging stations and whether they have mined Bitcoin.

The media pointed out that this practice may use Tesla's free electricity on the surface, but it will cause damage to other equipment, which is not worth the loss. (Comprehensive/Chenxi)