It did just occur to me that maybe what I'm looking for is actually in the open source mining clients combined with where the bitcoin client validates the proper block chain when a solution collision occurs.  Is this true? Maybe all I need from the bitcoin client is the solution collision/split resolution code? combined with some digging into mining clients? Anybody familiar with this?

Yes did I miss something there? I didn't see where mining code was identified.  I read the specifications, but my understanding is the literal implementation of the code is where the facts live.  I'm hoping to map the facts of the code to the protocol specifications.


I looked again I assume you mean the "Satoshi Client Operation: Overview", but I'm still not seeing where it references mining.  let me know if I tarded out or something, as I'm a bit sleepy today and that is entirely possible

I've been working my way through a lot of information as I setup hardware, learn about finance, dig into the mechanics etc.
I'm a programmer at heart and have been desiring a deeper understanding of the underlying code responsible for mining.
I've lived most my life doing back-end, so I get a bit lost in UI programming any help pointing me to the underlying code would be greatly appreciated.

I've already through the P2P discovery bit, but I'm really more interested in the following code locations:

• Where does new difficulty get calculated?
• Where is the code that propagates new difficulty to the mining nodes?
• Where is the code that deals with nuts and bolts of mining live? (Blockchain processing)

Any help or assistance would be hugely appreciated as I would love to knock the green off my understanding of the overall process

Also I will be sequence diagramming this code (and probably some other code) and documenting the functions.  I would be happy to share this with the dev community. Is there a preferred place or should I just use the regular bitcoin wiki?

I may also be doing local classes for developers (and some non-developers) and possible some online courses.  I will most likely be putting the curriculum into public domain.

Thanks

I did put 1 ish BTC and bought a hashrack from you.  I also have 110 gh/s of personal hardware coming.  If we're looking good and you follow through, it will all go to your pool. BTW your pre-order will be before mine I expect to see all of that online before I receive my order


I love to see competition in this arena. .. .I also sent you an email through your contact link (pickles) please verify you received it

Is there really any reason to care about BBQ aside from your Pump and Dump market manipulations?

If you do the following:

1) Make a product
2) Sell it for a price that will allow people to profit after 30 days (don't do what Avalon and AsicMiner did, which is capitalize of the fear of not owning one)
3) deliver it too some bloggers
4) open you manufacturing facility to be viewable (photos, webcams, etc)
5) have a supply line that can ship a product to a user in < 30 days
6) be ready for a flood orders

then you sir will have a crazy cash machine on your hands. . ..in the end with bitmining, it's the hardware makers that will make "bank"

Good to know. .. .Seems a bit like a cross between a shark tank and a bunch of people just told they have to do their homework.

Yarg! this seems to work differently than what the README says ><

So It seems to me that this forum is just people replying to the top few posts with a few words until they are allowed to leave.  Correct?

What is Newbie Status?


jk well if anybody is going to miss the obvious answers it would be new people

This is exactly why I will never touch a single share of AsicMiner . . ..sure friedcat seems nice. . . .and I don't doubt he is.  But we don't have any idea of who, when or where?

LTC

hmmm see now all I know is Either you or Him is lieing.  . lol

No idea. . ..been reading here for months, just made an account and saw this. . .

No one ever answered your question, buthere is what I found:

July 18
We have had our IC design company registered at Shenzhen, China. The name of our company is "bitfountain"

We also have signed the confidential contract with the IC manufacturer and got the process library necessary for correct DC synthesis.

found here: http://www.bitcointrading.com/forum/asic-mining/the-asicminer-project-status/


so no, they are located in china and using  "bitfountain" (guess they don't care there's another company named that and it's china. ..)
there is no website, the only contact known publicly is this forum and supposedly some people have friedcats email address.