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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-02-20 13:57:06 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-02-20 13:57:06 -0400 |
| commit | a922c2aff87d5ae7e6c54296aade2da7086d6fb1 (patch) | |
| tree | de45329bd8a4b4601f8e5851396bd66cac3be733 | |
| parent | 030495c8f6a4bf43b6b7f3de53d088a1c60e99a6 (diff) | |
| parent | 27a8a7322290a86e06fa8824c0276ec0ac112216 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git-annex.branchable.com
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diff --git a/doc/todo/Use_bitcoin-mining_ASICs_for_hashing__63__/comment_1_a93805a8088402c6dc32d2b9785fcc7d._comment b/doc/todo/Use_bitcoin-mining_ASICs_for_hashing__63__/comment_1_a93805a8088402c6dc32d2b9785fcc7d._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..952978834 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/Use_bitcoin-mining_ASICs_for_hashing__63__/comment_1_a93805a8088402c6dc32d2b9785fcc7d._comment @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="209.250.56.172" + subject="comment 1" + date="2014-02-20T17:42:10Z" + content=""" +I feel that Helmut has the right approach to this general type of thing. + +I doubt that bitcoin ASICs feature a fast data transfer bus, because bitcoin is a pretty low-data-volume protocol. Additionally AIUI, bitcoin ASICs get their speed by hashing in parallel, which allows them to try many variations of a block at once. So they probably rely on most of the data remaining the same and only a small amount changing. So it's doubtful this would be a win. +"""]] |