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February 04, 2017, 02:21:17 AM
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Think everyone else got it right here, they are designed for mining and mining alone. I think someone mentioned an engineer having the ability to disassemble it and use it for parts but I think that's about as far as you'll be able to get if you're thinking about other uses.

Well, if you are living in a very cold area then you could use the ASIC mining hardware to replace a heater. Plus you have the option to get paid Bitcoin or not while doing that.

ASIC's could also be used as a motor to power a small toy if you are interested in taking it a little bit further. You just need a battery to attach to it. I've also read that users on Bitcointalk have solar-powered mining devices that get paid as each day passes. With the proper wiring the ASIC mining rigs will be running on autopilot and you could introduce an Artificial Intelligence Chip to have the solar-powered system to run on its own and compute regular things quickly like math equations and even problem solve long questions.

Quantum Computer's aren't easy to obtain so these mining rig's compute the 3rd fastest.
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February 04, 2017, 02:26:54 AM
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I'm not sure there is much use for them, but i'm keeping a couple block erupters around as conversation pieces.
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February 04, 2017, 04:12:56 PM
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I read somewhere that someone re-purposed a few for encryption (not cracking, generating). The rigs were still mining but it wasn't the bits rolling in that was important, the hashes were intercepted, recorded, and rearranged into new keys. Might be on-par with the AES-128 stuff
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February 04, 2017, 05:59:41 PM
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I read somewhere that someone re-purposed a few for encryption (not cracking, generating). The rigs were still mining but it wasn't the bits rolling in that was important, the hashes were intercepted, recorded, and rearranged into new keys. Might be on-par with the AES-128 stuff
So they were using an ASIC as a high-output PRNG?
How much data were they encrypting?

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February 05, 2017, 04:56:58 AM
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I read somewhere that someone re-purposed a few for encryption (not cracking, generating). The rigs were still mining but it wasn't the bits rolling in that was important, the hashes were intercepted, recorded, and rearranged into new keys. Might be on-par with the AES-128 stuff
So they were using an ASIC as a high-output PRNG?
How much data were they encrypting?

As far as I know it was for a proof of concept, haven't been following it for a while but it was an interesting alternative use.
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February 05, 2017, 04:59:50 AM
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It's been asked hundreds of times and it's still the same answer: nothing. They can generate heat, solve hashes but other than that they are useless. If you manage to find a better use for them then we're all ears!
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February 05, 2017, 07:53:30 AM
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Well, if you are living in a very cold area then you could use the ASIC mining hardware to replace a heater. Plus you have the option to get paid Bitcoin or not while doing that.

ASIC's could also be used as a motor to power a small toy if you are interested in taking it a little bit further. You just need a battery to attach to it. I've also read that users on Bitcointalk have solar-powered mining devices that get paid as each day passes. With the proper wiring the ASIC mining rigs will be running on autopilot and you could introduce an Artificial Intelligence Chip to have the solar-powered system to run on its own and compute regular things quickly like math equations and even problem solve long questions.

Quantum Computer's aren't easy to obtain so these mining rig's compute the 3rd fastest.

This is the first time i see somebody claiming you can use an asic as a motor. I don't really believe this. Please provide proof.

I've seen other people claiming they could use asics to solve math problems. I dont believe that either (afaik, asic can only be used fror generating sha256d hashes, don't see a lot of math problems needing such a feature). Please provide proof.

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February 06, 2017, 04:50:09 AM
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This is the first time i see somebody claiming you can use an asic as a motor. I don't really believe this. Please provide proof.

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The fan has a motor which can be re-purposed...

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February 09, 2017, 02:57:46 PM
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ASIC machines are specially manufactured machines for bitcoin mining. What else can we do with these machines. Are there any other areas where we can use these devices?

Just give it out to scrap dealers and earn some $$$ back. It's basically useless at this stage ( you can as well take out and sell the power supply unit and the cords while the rest go to scrap.
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February 09, 2017, 08:25:10 PM
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Enough replies. I'm locking the thread to prevent it being used as a sigspam dumping ground.

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