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diff --git a/doc/todo/Use_bitcoin-mining_ASICs_for_hashing__63__.mdwn b/doc/todo/Use_bitcoin-mining_ASICs_for_hashing__63__.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..76c8796a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/Use_bitcoin-mining_ASICs_for_hashing__63__.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +This is just an idea, and I have no idea if it would work (that's why I'm asking): + +**Would it be possible to use ASICs made for Bitcoin mining inside git-annex to offload the hashing of files?** + +I got the idea, because I have two RaspberryPis here: + +- one runs my git-annex archive. It is really slow at hashing, so I resorted to using the WORM backend +- another one runs 2 old-ish ASIC miners. They are just barely "profitable" right now, so in a few months they will be obsolete + +Both devices to some kind of `SHA256`. I have a feeling this is either extremely easy or extremely complicated to do… :) |