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It has potential(for illegal and untaxable trades) but the idea of "mining" virtual currency sounds like grinding MMORPG gold with a bot. Obviously its suited for people who run these bots 24/7 and expect some (dumb,american,fat, pick 2) players to pay real cash for their virtual "electricity-limited" buttcoins.
Of course the people & efficient low-power chips(FPGAs and GPU home clusters) would outmine everyone else and sell the coins at their peak price. The end.