13:09:33 https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/61529/htc-to-allow-mining-monero-directly-via-its-exodus-blockchain-phone 13:09:42 > Midas Labs empowers EXODUS 1S users to mine at least $0.0038 of XMR per day on average, while the electricity cost is less than 50% of that. 13:28:34 So it's like 70 h/s at current price and difficulty if my math is right 13:31:34 That sounds great at first glance... One step towards decentralized mining... If it's not a manufacturer pool (site blocks js). 13:39:17 It seems like you can specify your own pool. 13:39:47 is f2pool a normal pool? 13:41:29 Ok, I don’t know if you can specify your own pool. The image says f2pool but that could be hardcoded. 13:44:11 4th largest monero pool based in china using pps, they started as a btc pool and now support 14 different coins 14:21:34 Phil Chen is HTC's "decentralized chief officer" (lol), announces HTC has partnered with "ASIC chip design company Midas Labs" 14:22:00 Midas Labs designs ASIC. This XMR mining app has nothing to do with ASICs, but ok 14:22:30 "In other news, Midas Labs has today also raised an undisclosed sum in its seed funding round, led by Chen's venture firm Proof of Capital" 14:23:05 "I'm excited by our investment in Midas Labs as they apply world class semiconductor design in the mobile mining space" yada yada, says Chen. 14:24:03 So basically a guy works at HTC, and also leads a VC firm. He wants to pump an ASIC designer in which he's invested, so makes the ASIC designer write a mining app that has nothing to do with ASICs, and announces a partnership with HTC. 14:24:37 Short term pump money grab, I'm not sure how HTC is ok with that as it seems like clear conflict of interest. 14:25:02 For Monero it's some PR at least, I guess 14:27:39 binaryFate: i bet you still want that DeMiner app on your phone though ;-) 14:29:04 The 0.1$ per month is appealing, worth the phone investment 14:29:10 lol 14:29:37 Also their statement about mining decentralization and big pools makes no sense, the app is not solo mining 14:33:39 also on forbes 14:33:40 https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrynpollock/2020/04/10/htc-introduces-mobile-phone-monero-mining-to-decentralize-hash-rate/ 14:33:53 (i know that should also be taken with a pinch of salt as well) 14:34:09 forbes sites not real forbes 14:35:25 oh i didn't know there was a difference. apologies 14:35:32 https://www.irccloud.com/pastebin/8xSfIna8/ 14:35:40 thats from the article 16:05:54 worth noting that while HTC used to be #3 phone manufacturer in the world, today they have like 0.6% market share 16:06:06 so this is all about trying to regain some sizzle for their brand 23:13:45 total miners 35990