Re: An option for SETI@home?
Were you comparing the cost of electricity of the computer on vs off, or "on with mining" vs "on but dle (not mining)"?
Because I have some PCs that are on anyway and might as well be mining.
ps SETI@Home still exists, along with many other projects on the BOINC platform you can donate your CPU/GPU time to many good causes, and some silly ones too.