Which has me wonder .... 

Isn't there any ASIC development kits to start with ? (Or is it only the complete systems from Butterflylabs etc that's available)

Sooo, for someone with no past digital design experience, it would be best to rather acquire a development kit for starters.

Thanks

Got the cards only laying around, being brand new.

I currently have no idea how to go about to "directly programming/configuring and/or interface with the FPGA" taken into consideration it's mounted on a board of which the main intention is telephony.

As mentioned regarding ASIC miners, would it rather be best to save the cards (and time) for their original design ?

Hi,

I have 4x PCIe Pika Technologies ( http://www.pikatechnologies.com/english/View.asp?x=657 ) T1 / E1 (HMP) boards, which I noticed are fitted with Altera Cyclone II chips.

Having ONLY configured said boards for Asterisk installations, I can only but ponder if they can be utilized in some custom setup as FPGA miners ? Would this be possible or is it mandatory that FPGA development kits be used ?

If someone can please bump this query to the Custom Hardware threads, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Around these parts, your bank account gets blocked if not verified every 5 years...

Neither can you simply acquire a pre-paid cell number without verification.

Surely it's the first signs that BitCoin is currently being taken much more seriously that originally expected.

Damn shame it wasn't me 

Hi,

After watching numerous youtube clips, I noticed that the custom development rigs all hook into the same USB hub, before connecting to the PC. One PC controlling all the mining rigs.

What has me wondering, is the other clips where numerous PCs with GPU's are used for mining. Question being: Are all the machines working together as a LAM (Local Area Machine) or is each machine mining independently ? (and if so... isn't that a waste of power & hardware? As a collective approach would be much more efficient )

Thanks

Hi,

Is it currently possible to trade BitCoins on a general trading floor, or is all bitcoin trades restricted to bitcoin exchanges only, such as Mt Gox ?

Thanks