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Question: Would you mine a cpu-only coin?  (Voting closed: May 15, 2013, 05:12:23 PM)
yes - 5 (41.7%)
no - 3 (25%)
i'm still mining bitcoin on my cpu - 0 (0%)
i'm still mining lite(other alt)coin on my cpu - 2 (16.7%)
there can be no cpu-only coins - 2 (16.7%)
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May 05, 2013, 05:12:23 PM
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Did Satishi expected GPU / ASIC mining?
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May 05, 2013, 05:13:27 PM
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I'd mine but how would you ensure that its CPU only? I have easy access to a ton of processors. Smiley
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May 05, 2013, 05:48:05 PM
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Quote from: rosefox911 on May 05, 2013, 05:13:27 PM
I'd mine but how would you ensure that its CPU only? I have easy access to a ton of processors. Smiley

Cpu-only means that PoW function is less expensive on CPU than on other devices. Scrypt was the first step on this direction. Other steps are to be taken. We never can be sure but we can try Wink
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May 05, 2013, 05:49:36 PM
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Quote from: pocopoco on May 05, 2013, 05:12:23 PM
Did Satishi expected GPU / ASIC mining?
Yes  Wink

ASIC mining will always happen, there can't be a "non asic" currency  Wink

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May 05, 2013, 05:50:15 PM
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Someone somewhere will always find a way around things. That is how technology progresses.
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May 05, 2013, 05:57:40 PM
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Quote from: CoinBomb on May 05, 2013, 05:50:15 PM
Someone somewhere will always find a way around things. That is how technology progresses.

some way around. probably yes.
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May 05, 2013, 06:00:33 PM
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Quote from: Gabi on May 05, 2013, 05:49:36 PM
Quote from: pocopoco on May 05, 2013, 05:12:23 PM
Did Satishi expected GPU / ASIC mining?
Yes  Wink

ASIC mining will always happen, there can't be a "non asic" currency  Wink

We'll see. A pcb with 100 atoms is also an asic.
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May 05, 2013, 06:03:31 PM
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Quote from: pocopoco on May 05, 2013, 06:00:33 PM
Quote from: Gabi on May 05, 2013, 05:49:36 PM
Quote from: pocopoco on May 05, 2013, 05:12:23 PM
Did Satishi expected GPU / ASIC mining?
Yes  Wink

ASIC mining will always happen, there can't be a "non asic" currency  Wink

We'll see. A pcb with 100 atoms is also an asic.

As long as it is profitable to produce the technology, there will be ASIC chips pointed at it...whatever 'it' may be.
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May 05, 2013, 06:26:51 PM
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Who still mines bitcoin on a cpu?
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