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August 03, 2014, 03:12:42 PM
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I know the processing power of the network for mining is only good for SHA-256 hashing but please don't say just a plain, no. Let's discuss.
There must be a way of using the network for something more useful...
{ Imagine a sequence of bits generated from the first decimal place of the square roots of whole integers that are irrational numbers. If the decimal falls between 0 and 5, it's considered bit 0, and if it falls between 5 and 10, it's considered bit 1. This sequence from a simple integer count of contiguous irrationals and their logical decimal expansion of the first decimal place is called the 'main irrational stream.' Our goal is to design a physical and optical computing system system that can detect when this stream starts matching a specific pattern of a given size of bits. bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=166760.0 } Satoshi did use a friend class in C++ and put a comment on the code saying: "This is why people hate C++".
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August 03, 2014, 11:22:37 PM
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Quote from: remotemass on August 03, 2014, 03:12:42 PM
I know the processing power of the network for mining is only good for SHA-256 hashing but please don't say just a plain, no. Let's discuss.
There must be a way of using the network for something more useful...

You could use it to create a rainbow table for double-256 hashes of very specific character groupings.
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August 03, 2014, 11:33:11 PM
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Here are some previous discussions on the topic:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=52155.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=60703.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=86589.0
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