other work for GPU's

[organofcorti]

No, there's no need for a blockchain if you're not doing crypto. Just work received and work submitted. Is that what you meant?

[ryannathans]

I was thinking a worker/server system, or perhaps a p2p system?

workers download a file that contains information about the job at hand, after multiple jobs of the same kind (eg, 10 md5 hashes) the work would begin.

[organofcorti]

Unless you were planning on only doing the same work every time (eg rainbow table generation) then you'd need a new client or at least a new module to produce the work to send back. Like doing work for seti@home or folding at home.

Why the 10 MD5 hashes at the start?

[ryannathans]

If you were to bruteforce a single MD5 hash, it would take x time to go through all combinations up to 8 characters.
If you were to bruteforce two MD5 hashes, it would still take x time to go through all combinations up to 8 characters.


If two+ hashes/whatever? needs to be cracked, do them at once and it will take half as long.

I guess you can get where I am going with this. Pay more if you want it done instantly, or less if you want to wait for another of the same type

[PatrickHarnett]

Unless you were planning on only doing the same work every time (eg rainbow table generation) then you'd need a new client or at least a new module to produce the work to send back. Like doing work for seti@home or folding at home.

Why the 10 MD5 hashes at the start?

There is a GPU rainbow table project in boinc  -  http://boinc.freerainbowtables.com/distrrtgen/ and http://www.freerainbowtables.com/