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Author Topic: can a scrypt "asic" miner using icarus boards be reprogrammed for other algo?  (Read 483 times)
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January 20, 2016, 03:39:54 AM
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My scrypt miner is not effecient enough to profit anymore so i was wondering if the cards inside, icarus fpga boards, can be instructed to run another algo through modifications to the cgminer software.

Thanks for any suggestions.
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January 20, 2016, 11:38:08 AM
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In theory, probably yes.

 In practice, most post-Scrypt algorythms seem to require more RAM than FPGAs have available.

 It would take modification to the FIRMWARE IN THE FPGA ITSELF, not just modification to cgminer, to do so.

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January 22, 2016, 01:14:04 AM
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Thanks for your reply. Thats what i figured, but was not sure.

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