On: Introducing Preemptible GPUs

[jsmthrowaway]

Non-preemptible GCE K80s already were profitable for Ethereum and a number of other currencies. Note that Google forbids cryptocurrency mining specifically during the $300 free trial, and a billing history is required to get a GPU quota raise; you start with zero.

[boulos → jsmthrowaway]

Hmm. I didn't come to the same conclusion. Can you show your calculations?

[lgats → boulos]

Also interested in seeing any google cloud (profitable) mining instance.