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July 14, 2013, 12:02:59 PM |
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Hello all,
I beg your pardon in case this question already has an answer somewhere else on this forum, but I wanted to know :
I pre-ordered an ASIC Miner (KnC Miner).
I was wondering : finally, is there another usage ? how to exploit this ASIC power (GH/s) ?
Is it usable for another usage as passwords hashes cracking ? (Didn't search about ASIC support by such software)
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
XZed
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Trillium
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July 14, 2013, 01:05:21 PM |
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No it can only be used for mining bitcoin and SHA-256 altcoins.
It cannot be used for hacking, cracking, backtracing, etc.
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July 14, 2013, 01:12:01 PM |
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Sadly no other use. So mine all u can.
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XZed (OP)
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July 14, 2013, 01:14:05 PM |
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No it can only be used for mining bitcoin and SHA-256 altcoins.
It cannot be used for hacking, cracking, backtracing, etc.
Sadly no other use. So mine all u can.
Thank you very much. By the way, just to understand it technically, can you advice me any article / post explaining why altcoins hashing is specific (in other words, why a chip as ASIC couldn't compute for another hash ?) ? Thank you. Sincerely,
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Trillium
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July 14, 2013, 01:38:32 PM |
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No it can only be used for mining bitcoin and SHA-256 altcoins.
It cannot be used for hacking, cracking, backtracing, etc.
Sadly no other use. So mine all u can.
Thank you very much. By the way, just to understand it technically, can you advice me any article / post explaining why altcoins hashing is specific (in other words, why a chip as ASIC couldn't compute for another hash ?) ? Thank you. Sincerely, Sure, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit is a good start.
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XZed (OP)
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July 14, 2013, 03:11:21 PM |
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Thank you very much. I read all of it and other articles. Understood ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) . Thank you.
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KUPO!
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July 14, 2013, 05:37:33 PM |
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Paper weight Door stop...
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XZed (OP)
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July 14, 2013, 06:50:26 PM |
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Paper weight Door stop...
Thanks ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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July 14, 2013, 07:51:39 PM |
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Well if you do have some open air GPU's you can always heat a room. Forgot about that use. But if your heater goes out..... you will be prepared.
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XZed (OP)
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July 14, 2013, 07:54:23 PM |
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Well if you do have some open air GPU's you can always heat a room. Forgot about that use. But if your heater goes out..... you will be prepared.
I'm finally relieved ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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January 24, 2014, 10:46:14 PM |
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BULL!
Y'all aren't trying hard enough.
What about using it for a gambling pool having the miners provide random numbers
What about writing a program that uses it to encrypt/decrypt files on your computer.
What about e-mail decryption?
How about using it to store information on a blockchain of a new coin that can be used for information storage?
There ARE ways of using it, people just haven't tried hard enough. Already asicminers are $20 and heading lower, so let's put our heads together and figure out a way.
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January 25, 2014, 12:12:29 AM |
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BULL!
Y'all aren't trying hard enough.
What about using it for a gambling pool having the miners provide random numbers
What about writing a program that uses it to encrypt/decrypt files on your computer.
What about e-mail decryption?
How about using it to store information on a blockchain of a new coin that can be used for information storage?
There ARE ways of using it, people just haven't tried hard enough. Already asicminers are $20 and heading lower, so let's put our heads together and figure out a way.
It can't do any of those.
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Trillium
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January 26, 2014, 01:08:40 AM |
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BULL!
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There ARE ways of using it, people just haven't tried hard enough. Already asicminers are $20 and heading lower, so let's put our heads together and figure out a way.
Design hardware to do very specific, simple and repetitive mathematical operations. --> Not suitable for anything else. --> People complaining they can't do anything else. --? ![Huh](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
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