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July 18, 2013, 05:45:03 AM |
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I'm guessing my little Jalapeno in a few months may become obsolete for mining bitcoins much like my graphics card has. So is there life after mining for these units? For example, can you use them to hack passwords, etc? Just curious if there are other uses than just mining.
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July 18, 2013, 06:20:52 AM |
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I'm guessing my little Jalapeno in a few months may become obsolete for mining bitcoins much like my graphics card has. So is there life after mining for these units? For example, can you use them to hack passwords, etc? Just curious if there are other uses than just mining.
BFL ASICs can be used to mine Bitcoins and any alt-coins that use the same hashing algorithm. But other than that, they're very expensive paperweights. While some password-hashing methods also use SHA-256, the implementation is different and the ASIC is not flexible enough to accomodate that.
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July 18, 2013, 07:18:03 AM |
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The good thing is, you can use them as paperweights WHILE they're still hashing. Once it's no longer profitable, they may be able to be converted into doorstops.
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Butterfly Labs has a different interpretation of the FTC Mail Order Rule. You do not have a refund option with the BFL Monarch no matter how late they ship. "... In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." -- Albert Einstein "Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get." -- Ray Kroc
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July 18, 2013, 07:21:53 AM |
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July 18, 2013, 07:46:25 AM |
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paper weight ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
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July 19, 2013, 01:58:43 AM |
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Low-power space heater with a hum generator.
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July 19, 2013, 03:20:44 AM |
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I'm guessing my little Jalapeno in a few months may become obsolete for mining bitcoins much like my graphics card has. So is there life after mining for these units? For example, can you use them to hack passwords, etc? Just curious if there are other uses than just mining.
ASIC stands for Application Specific Integrated Circuit. Think about that for a minute or two.
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July 19, 2013, 04:33:37 AM |
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The good thing is, you can use them as paperweights WHILE they're still hashing. Once it's no longer profitable, they may be able to be converted into doorstops.
LOL!
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July 19, 2013, 10:55:43 AM |
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The good thing is, you can use them as paperweights WHILE they're still hashing.
Not if they set your paper on fire.
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July 19, 2013, 11:06:19 AM |
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You can attach some ropes to them and use them as Bolas when civilization collapses.
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July 19, 2013, 02:36:21 PM |
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The good thing is, you can use them as paperweights WHILE they're still hashing.
Not if they set your paper on fire. I was looking to make a similar comment. You beat me to the punch ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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July 20, 2013, 12:14:58 AM |
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LOL - Cracking up here. I think it makes a good foot warmer under the desk.
It is a shame they can't be used for more productive things when they get old. Has anyone ever calculated the computing power used to mine Bitcoins to date? I imagine it is a very large amount of "wasted" power if you exclude the benefit to the person getting the coins.
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July 20, 2013, 12:37:25 AM |
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I heard you can fry eggs on them
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July 20, 2013, 12:41:21 AM |
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LOL - Cracking up here. I think it makes a good foot warmer under the desk.
It is a shame they can't be used for more productive things when they get old. Has anyone ever calculated the computing power used to mine Bitcoins to date? I imagine it is a very large amount of "wasted" power if you exclude the benefit to the person getting the coins.
If I open a bank and have a vault and I hire a security guard to guard the vault and the bank never gets robbed was the years of salary a waste? Hint: the purpose of mining isn't to get free coins (that is just the incentive. The purpose of mining is to _______.
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July 20, 2013, 12:43:38 AM |
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If I open a bank and have a vault and I hire a security guard to guard the vault and the bank never gets robbed was the years of salary a waste?
Does the guard warm your coffee?
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July 20, 2013, 01:43:54 AM |
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I opened the top of the case, turned off the lights, and look what happened... ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi00.i.aliimg.com%2Fwsphoto%2Fv0%2F651377984%2FNew-arrival-96pcs-lot-small-night-font-b-lights-b-font-chramatic-lamp-dream-lovely-romantic.jpg&t=665&c=udojAm_0R8DW4A)
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