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Title: Virtex 5 chips able to "save" Bitcoins? Post by: DeRaYuKa on August 22, 2017, 09:04:10 PM Hello,
I am sorry for this super nooby question, but I just found a Virtex 5 Chip. I got it as a gift from a friend a few years ago and all i know is that he was into bitcoin mining. Unfortunately, I didnt learn anything about it on the internet, as i just couldnt understand a word from the description of this chip. And i cannot contact my friend as well, as we didnt see us for years either. So basically my question right now is: Is there a chance that there might be any bitcoins saved on this chip? And in case there are some, how could i get access to them? Or are these chips only micro processors that are only doing the mining work like an engine does in a car? Thank you very much in advance! Title: Re: Virtex 5 chips able to "save" Bitcoins? Post by: Flying Hellfish on August 22, 2017, 09:15:24 PM Hello, I am sorry for this super nooby question, but I just found a Virtex 5 Chip. I got it as a gift from a friend a few years ago and all i know is that he was into bitcoin mining. Unfortunately, I didnt learn anything about it on the internet, as i just couldnt understand a word from the description of this chip. And i cannot contact my friend as well, as we didnt see us for years either. So basically my question right now is: Is there a chance that there might be any bitcoins saved on this chip? And in case there are some, how could i get access to them? Or are these chips only micro processors that are only doing the mining work like an engine does in a car? Thank you very much in advance! It's an FPGA chip and if you don't know what it is you will not have any use for it! Title: Re: Virtex 5 chips able to "save" Bitcoins? Post by: DeRaYuKa on August 22, 2017, 09:19:01 PM Thank you for your fast response. So could there be any bitcoins saved on it? ???
Title: Re: Virtex 5 chips able to "save" Bitcoins? Post by: sidehack on August 22, 2017, 09:22:02 PM Not likely, unless he compiled it with a filesystem and ran a bitcoin wallet off it.
Bitcoin miners never actually see the bitcoins they generate. They just process transactions - and most of the time they don't actually see those transactions, just a compressed version of a bundle of transactions already being processed. A transaction assigns bitcoins to a particular address. The only way to access those bitcoins is to have the private key corresponding to the address, which will be stored in a file associated with your wallet software on a computer, completely separate from any mining being done. Title: Re: Virtex 5 chips able to "save" Bitcoins? Post by: DeRaYuKa on October 04, 2017, 03:00:32 PM Hello Sidehack,
Thank you for your response. I was busy, so I was not able to get more into this topic, but for now I got some time again. As far as I understand I was already thinking the same, that it is very unlikely that there might be some bitcoins stored in a wallet on this chip. But just in case there is a wallet on the chip, do you know how i can get access to the storage? I tried to search for it on the internet and found some sockets, but unfortunately I might be one of the biggest hardware-noobs around so that the infos that I found left me with even more question marks in my brain ;D . Do you have a suggestion on which hardware is compatible so that I can buy it? And another questions, as I was never really into bitcoin before: the wallet is very likely to be password protected, or? Thank you very much in advance! |