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Author: Admin | 2025-04-27
Tesla owner Siraj Raval uses his Model 3 to mine for cryptocurrencies.Siraj RavalSiraj Raval has tried just about every way there is to mine for cryptocurrencies from his 2018 Tesla Model 3.He's run free bitcoin mining software on his Apple Mac mini M1 and powered the computer by plugging an inverter into the 12-volt power socket located in the center console of his car.He's also hooked up interconnected graphics processing units or GPUs to the "frunk" of his Tesla, running these machines off the car's internal battery.Though it risks voiding his car warranty, Raval says it's worth it.When the price of ether peaked in 2021, he claims he was netting as much as $800 a month.Bitcoin miner Alejandro de la Torre said that ultimately, mining from a Tesla is just like connecting to any other power source."The main component is the price of the electricity. If it's cheaper doing it through an electric vehicle, then so be it," said de la Torre.How to mine for crypto with a TeslaBack in 2018, Chris Allessi — who tells CNBC he was Wisconsin's first-ever electric car dealer — decided to tinker with his Tesla.This is nothing new for Allessi, also known as K-Man on his YouTube channel, who builds custom electric cars in his free time and bills himself as a modern-day Doc Brown, the character from the film "Back to the Future" who retrofits a car into a time machine."I like electricity. I like zapping stuff, building stuff. You give me an electric motor, I give you a finished product," he said.Similar to Raval, Allessi has tried out a couple of different ways to transform his Tesla Model S into a crypto mining rig.In industry speak, crypto mining is the energy-intensive process in which machines around the world contribute their computing power
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