Do you have a link to more info on what fab processes you have available, etc?
Note that I am in no way personally affiliated with the company, besides from attending their schools. Current available processes range from 350nm to 40nm. More detailed information can be found at http://www.smics.com/, and if you want I can ask one of their employees directly later today. |
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*Not too sure which forum/subforum this belongs in, so friendly mods are more than welcome to move it to the appropriate section* I'm wondering whether or not there is interest around here for a Semiconductor Fab company to accept bitcoin for their services - that is, creating and packaging silicon ICs based on digital designs that are sent with the order. Orders will probably be limited to a minimum of 500K USD (the approximate cost for a Mask to be made), and can range up to the millions (depending on the number of silicons wafers used). This may be a problem, since bitcoin doesn't (yet) have that much liquidity. All bitcoin funds would most likely need to be immediately converted to fiat, especially due to the risk of the bitcoin/fiat exchange rate destabilizing and since there is not much use (for the company) to keep funds in bitcoin. Benefits would probably be limited to just anonymity, since it is _impossible_ to achieve the amounts of bitcoin needed simply through generation (unless one is a hoarding early adopter) and the use of exchanges would be needed. Not too sure why one would need anonymity in the semiconductor industry, however. Unless liquidity is an issue, fees can be kept relatively low. Fiat -> Bitcoin -> Fab -> Fiat. (Most likely circumstance) Anyway, just wondering  |
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Can we have a link to the site?  |
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Very interesting proposal Can't wait to get shares of this - my first on GLBSE. |
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Can't wait! Approx how many GH/s?  120 GH/s more or less! *Jaws drop* Wow  |
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Update on new infrastructure: FPGA boards are ready! Now they have to be configured with the firmware, tested, and mounted into rack cases. They should be ready for mining during the next week.
Can't wait! Approx how many GH/s? |
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Just export the keys to a txt file and from there you can copy/paste anywhere.
If I export them to a file from within vanitygen, the output I get is: Pattern: 1
Pattern: 1
Address: 19d7BcmUojcjbZCQdgyyMdF6vkcr1Uptp4
Privkey: 5K31RbWA1cSvzffFQs3RZ5FjkGVrPBMFeH5JWeMPYdaXxPoKcWW
Pattern: 1
Address: 135Q1BZoGJwPDRDu86e4FGHMf1M5DzXsH4
Privkey: 5JXaoFt6nnEJtBHckbv7TmckxnkjM755YwxEmKiaMC3vpdP8BUA
Pattern: 1
Address: 18vWN5SH6PD4ZDs328gyajYfFpW7yVpAd9
Privkey: 5JGMh8xTMEbb1BfooVLAzb4kwaQvKLephs9cqxjt7R5KGB7zBoF
Pattern: 1
Address: 1LuoA362xB8disiwgV6Vah9PshF1tX8rm3
Privkey: 5Jz5D1Qth7P1XiwDTqwcBUwANzHVRhGzPw5i9tXFoJntxW3m4hk
Pattern: 1
Address: 16NuvRiSWcfURCQH9kf6XoWNy6VvFgmQH6
Privkey: 5JWZf1N4Vwoecatuxtoi9nnc1cAsrSdTWXpPZdHDp2zpLRn3ijf
and so on and so on. I don't think I can directly use those for importing, but instead I would have to individually copy and paste each privkey. And that is difficult  Perhaps I've used the wrong setting? (-o ./found.txt) |
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I compared 0.17 to 0.19 but i see no speed difference.
Apparently, no speed improvements or performance-oriented changes to the kernels within the changelog. Version 0.17, released August 8, 2011:
- Bugfix for private key encoder, could create encodings not
accepted by showwallet branch bitcoin
- Remove oclvanitygen #pragma unroll by default, enable for NVIDIA
(General performance improvement, hopeful resolution for crashing)
- Oclvanitygen work size configuration tweak for smaller GPUs
- New oclvanitygen add/subtract/compare functions for AMD Radeon
- Add support for AMD BFI_INT instruction in oclvanitygen hash functions
- Minor source code reorganization
Version 0.18, released July 4, 2012:
- Support additive base public keys for outsourced address generation.
- New oclvanityminer program, organized address miner for use with
bounty pools, like ThePiachu's Vanity Pool.
- New keyconv program for converting bitcoin private keys between
wallet import format, password-protected format, and PKCS#8.
- Support generation of simple P2SH (type-3) addresses.
- Mac OS X makefile merged with Linux Makefile.
Version 0.19, released July 4, 2012:
- Fix a potentially serious crash.
- Remove oclvanitygen "-r" option. |
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Is it possible (for you) to add a feature similar to how the vanitygen exports to a file, but with only the privkeys, so that it could be easily mass-imported into Armory or using pywallet?
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The Pyramining owner takes the rest from still running equipment - after 10 months the machine mines for him.
Perhaps, but one could always deposit more, and keep an account 'permanently' active. |
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Any news about "new infrastructure"?
Any updates on when the new infrastructure is coming? FPGA boards are under production at the assembly house, I should receive them before the end of the week. Then I have to install the boards into rack cases and configure everything. I expect that everything will be operative before the end of next week, I'll keep yo u updated! A few posts up |
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Any updates on when the new infrastructure is coming? |
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Interesting proposal, subbed. |
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Pyramining:
I noticed that it is possible to nullify everyone else's referral links without depositing BTC. I think this could become a problem if it already hasn't.
If referrals would only expire once BTC are deposited, it might keep everyone a little bit more honest.
I think it would be kind of cheap if your account said it had a 10% and then right as you're about to deposit some BTC it's 5%. Yeah, there's a problem that occurs when it basically becomes an (unknown) race as to who can deposit and get their BTC confirmed first. And what happens if two accounts that register with that referral both have their deposits confirmed at the same time? Perhaps you can just keep the existing one-account-per-referral scheme, but have the referral link reactivate and the registered (empty) account deleted after 5 or so days of no deposits? |
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Yup, only 2-3 of them actually touch the die. But the others still disperse heat, and are quite warm. Is a tad bit overkill, but if I upgrade my GPU it won't be |
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can you post a closer up pic of one sitting on a card, thanks.
Here's a K100 on my non-reference Gigabyte 5770: http://imgur.com/a/TWTts#0 |
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Sell half of them and buy a good gift for your boyfriend? (keep half or so to make him not feel that you just abandoned his gift, and have trust in its value). You can donate some to me, if you would like. Five, maybe? 15EWBN7PtWjg43fWNzARLsSM2vCBhJ9eij |
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Hey, I need some referral a pyramining.com and I feel generous so here is the deal: 1) Send me a MP saying you want the 0.10 € with your paypal email 2)I send you the referral link for pyramining.com then you register 3)Once I see you've registered, you got your 0.10 € and you're happy Thanks Maybe you should put a minimum deposit? Anyone could just accept the offer and make an account without depositing anything. |
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i'll pay 65 btc for all
Thats about the equal $per hash that a new asic is going for from BFL not including power differences.
1) BitForce SC Jalapeno: a USB powered coffee warmer providing 3.5 GH/s, priced at under $149
with 65 btc you can almost buy 3 of those!
You have to be kidding me. 65 BTC for all of the GPUs? That's less than the listed price for one 6990! At least offer something similar to what these GPUs are going for in the used market. Assuming $80 for each 5830, which is cheap enough already, and not even counting all the others, one can far surpass the amount that you offered. Nobody knows yet when the Butterfly Labs' ASIC designs will be in production, and how long they will take to get to the consumer. Plus, there's no particular guarantee that those numbers will stay the way they are now. Multi-Purpose and Common GPU DOES NOT EQUAL Single-Purpose ASIC (that may or may not exist, and will take at least a few months to get into use). |
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The bonus % gets smaller because it's calculated on your deposit amount, but your "absolute" earnings don't decline. I already explained how bonus is calculated, however I am posting it again, it is:
initial_bonus + ((sum_of_referral_deposits / your_deposit) / 10)
so, let's do an example:
you join through referral and deposit 10btc: bonus is 10%, you will get 11btc.
you get two referrals which deposit 5btc each: bonus is 20%, you will get 12btc.
you further deposit 10btc: bonus drops to 15%, you will get 23btc.
now let's do another example:
you join through referral and deposit 20btc: bonus is 10%, you will get 22 btc.
you get two referrals which deposit 5 btc each: bonus is 15%, you will get 23 btc.
as you can see, it is the same.
Hope it's clear enough, should you have any doubt just ask.
Thanks. I wasn't able to find this before, though it wasn't the first thing I had been looking for. Maybe something useful to add to the primary post? Do you not get anything for second level referrals then I'm assuming? Nah - if one did, then my bonus would be in the hundreds of percent rather than the measly <15% it is now. |
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