ASIC found running?!?! some guy in russia just started a 6000Ghash/s machine!

[xorxor]

ok, maybe I'm wrong, see for yourself :

http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/93.174.55.27

http://blockchain.info/ip-address/93.174.55.27

single ip started finding blocks 3 days ago and already found 80 blocks, looks like somebody is "testing" some asics .
slush is 2,8Thash/s and found around 35 in the same time.

im shure this is just a remote proxy for some asic "tester" .

what do you think?

[Stephen Gornick]

ok, maybe I'm wrong,

Probably.

From another thread:

http://blockchain.info/ip-address/93.174.55.27

Looks very suspicious.

Relayed blocks does not (necessarily) mean mined blocks.

[BaronMcG]

in russia? bitcoin proxy + botnet more likely

[Graet]

"a 6000Mhash/s machine!" = 6Ghash, doesn't equate to any ASIC on "the market"

[Agorastos]

Isnt the risk of botnet-mining very big?
no costs etc....

[Roddy5690]

Building a 6 ghash machineisnt impossible, it would just be pretty expensive. I doubt its ASICS becasue if it were me, id be testing them one by one to avoid this kind of suspicion ^^

[ChickenAndWaffles]

running 8 7970's with a gpu core clock of 1150 = 6ghash/s

[alexj]

Yes I also think it is a Botnet or somebody that invested a lot in to lots of Mining Hardware.

[xorxor]

ok, maybe I'm wrong,

Probably.

From another thread:

http://blockchain.info/ip-address/93.174.55.27

Looks very suspicious.

Relayed blocks does not (necessarily) mean mined blocks.

well thats why i thing its a proxy, somebody mined those blocks.

"a 6000Mhash/s machine!" = 6Ghash, doesn't equate to any ASIC on "the market"

well, jeah, but a 6000Ghash cant be achieved in any other way than many asic rigs...


[sory for 6000Mhach , my mistake, corrected thread title  - its a 6000Ghash from a single unknown proxy,]

[xorxor]

WOW

it looks like I'm really into something big, was hopeing to be wrong and corected by some smart user :

monstrous jump in hashrate:

http://blockchain.info/charts/hash-rate?timespan=30days&showDataPoints=false&daysAverageString=1&show_header=true&scale=0&address=

all of it in uknown area

http://blockchain.info/pools?timespan=48hrs   

and its just around 6T just like I aproximated

please someone explain to me, why am I wrong or we all miners are done.

[Blazr]

Those charts are only estimates & are frequently incorrect. Its very possible that its just a lucky-streak.

[beekeeper]

Ah, found their ASIC test on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xamGrall2wc   

[xorxor]

Those charts are only estimates & are frequently incorrect. Its very possible that its just a lucky-streak.

I'd like for You to be right,  but how is it possible to only unknown be so lucky?

[Rotsor]

What's your data again? Your link shows this IP address was active since October, transmitting coinbase transactions rather often. As for the transmitted blocks, I can only see these several ones: http://blockchain.info/blocks/93.174.55.27.

Oh, OK, I see the rate of coinbase transaction from there somewhat improved. However, I only see 57 on the first two pages, from 10 Dec till today. Not too insane (you said it was 80 in 3 days). It could be a pool machine though.

Also, the latest bitcoin block rate jumps are well within the expected variability. Nothing out of the ordinary yet.

[FreeMoney]

Isnt the risk of botnet-mining very big?
no costs etc....

No cost? So you'll give me one for free? Or .01BTC so you can profit? Low price because I could just get one of the free ones from any of the many people who have free ones lying around.

Valuable, profitable != free.

Also I'm curious about the 'etc'.

edit: One more jab! Since they're free I guess operators don't have to worry about losing them by making it really super obvious that something is making them run when idle.

[xorxor]

What's your data again? Your link shows this IP address was active since October, transmitting coinbase transactions rather often. As for the transmitted blocks, I can only see these several ones: http://blockchain.info/blocks/93.174.55.27.

Oh, OK, I see the rate of coinbase transaction from there somewhat improved. However, I only see 57 on the first two pages, from 10 Dec till today. Not too insane (you said it was 80 in 3 days). It could be a pool machine though.

Also, the latest bitcoin block rate jumps are well within the expected variability. Nothing out of the ordinary yet.

today is  23th , i said 80 on 21th. it slowed down a little, and remember "only 57" is still number two force after the biggest pool.

i couldn't be a pool machine, because pool chart is in sync with pools stats on their webpages - 100% of this blocks are clasified  unknown origin.
its impossible to run unknown dark pool that would be number one from the start.




Ok, i agree i still do not have 100% proof, and I hope I'm wrong. only 100% proof would be sustained 6T rise in network hashrate - but if this stops, it would be impossible to notice.

still no one is able to explain such big numbers of blocks found by one unknown ip. this is serious power of  9000 hi-end radeons. impossible to make without a truckload of asics.

[xorxor]

I just got one simple idea :

maybe 50btc just redirected to new node, and blockchain.info lost track now recognizing 50btc as unknown?
add a little luck to 50btc mining and we have a 2-3 day 6Thash average , jump in hashrate can be normal fluctuation.

that would explain today slowdown - less luck, and wrong blockchain.info 50btc network share.
 
sounds possible?

[Lethn]

He could be just an admin or scientist that has his hands on a supercomputer and is using it overnight without anyone in the building noticing lol

[xorxor]

He could be just an admin or scientist that has his hands on a supercomputer and is using it overnight without anyone in the building noticing lol

although I entirely believe that someone tryied mining on supercomputers, especialy in Russia ... , there is no, absolutely zero chance for any supercomputer to reach 6Thash. not even close.