US 11,734,004 B2
Computing system and method
Kristy-Leigh Anne Minehan, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to CORE SCIENTIFIC OPERATING COMPANY, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by CORE SCIENTIFIC, INC., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/777,503.
Prior Publication US 2021/0240474 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 9/30083 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 9/3877 (2013.01); G06Q 20/367 (2013.01); G06Q 20/389 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A datacenter comprising:
at least one of a first voltage sensor and a first amperage sensor associated with a first computing device (FCD);
at least one of a second voltage sensor and a second amperage sensor associated with a second computing device (SCD); and
an electronic control unit (ECU) communicating with the FCD and the SCD, the ECU configured to:
receive FCD energy consumption information and additional updated FCD energy consumption information via at least one of the first voltage sensor and the first amperage sensor, wherein the FCD energy consumption information and the updated FCD energy consumption information is associated with energy consumed by the FCD during a first customer billing cycle;
divide a first blockchain mining reward into at least a first customer portion and a first datacenter portion; and
withhold the first customer portion from a first customer when the first datacenter portion is less than a first minimum threshold, wherein the FCD is a first graphical processing unit (GPU) and the SCD is a second GPU, and wherein the first minimum threshold is based in part on at least one of the FCD energy consumption information and the additional updated FCD energy consumption information.