Mark Rose (OP)
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February 19, 2012, 07:43:57 AM |
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Okay, I'll admit it: I love clusters. But until I realized the profitability of bitcoin mining, I never had a justification for keeping one running.
Now I can't wait to build one.
Did this happen to anyone else?
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There are several different types of Bitcoin clients. The most secure are full nodes like Bitcoin Core, which will follow the rules of the network no matter what miners do. Even if every miner decided to create 1000 bitcoins per block, full nodes would stick to the rules and reject those blocks.
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dab
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February 19, 2012, 08:06:25 AM |
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I've gotta admit, that I love having servers. Makes me feel powerful. Though I don't think mine are powerful enough to do any serious mining. D:
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Matthew N. Wright
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February 19, 2012, 08:07:56 AM |
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I have a cluster of 200 Apple II computers all networked together to provide 1 Mh/s of mining power.
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February 19, 2012, 09:55:04 AM |
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Yes. I am obsessed with bitcoin rigs.
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I buy and sell GPUs, most 5850s and 7970s. jimzolorenzo@gmail.com -- Make an offer. http://myworld.ebay.com/i_buy_5850s -- current inventory I have a couple bare bone mining rigs for sale as well. -------------- I bought silver from [ccliu] 5 star transaction! I bought silver from [TECSHARE] -- shipping still
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dab
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February 19, 2012, 08:21:27 PM |
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^ that, what he said. I'm saving up for 1 card atm. Gonna be a while with rent and food to pay for. HUNGER STRIKE TIME!
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DarkEagle
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February 19, 2012, 09:36:51 PM |
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nice topic heh maybe some1 posts any photos?
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February 19, 2012, 10:35:42 PM |
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payb.tc
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February 19, 2012, 11:31:28 PM |
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lol at the lonely deskfan who thinks he can cool 60+ computers.
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February 19, 2012, 11:46:31 PM |
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lol at the lonely deskfan who thinks he can cool 60+ computers.
It's probably for the technician who needs to patch behind those machines
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Miner612
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February 20, 2012, 12:18:24 AM |
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I buy and sell GPUs, most 5850s and 7970s. jimzolorenzo@gmail.com -- Make an offer. http://myworld.ebay.com/i_buy_5850s -- current inventory I have a couple bare bone mining rigs for sale as well. -------------- I bought silver from [ccliu] 5 star transaction! I bought silver from [TECSHARE] -- shipping still
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xbmcoin
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February 20, 2012, 12:33:06 AM |
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Nope.It is a beowulf cluster however.
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Mark Rose (OP)
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February 20, 2012, 04:06:23 AM |
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Nope.It is a beowulf cluster however.
I'm sure Hroðgar would be proud!
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stcupp
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February 20, 2012, 04:37:34 AM |
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February 20, 2012, 05:12:27 AM |
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That...is beautiful
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nave
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February 20, 2012, 10:55:24 AM |
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No matter how many times I see those pictures I can't stop myself from just sitting and staring at the awesomeness for several minutes.
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February 20, 2012, 11:32:36 AM |
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I like small and quiet clusters like this Icarus fpga cluster 2 Ghs @ 100W
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MajorMiner13
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February 20, 2012, 03:49:56 PM |
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I like small and quiet clusters like this Icarus fpga cluster 2 Ghs @ 100W You are on your way to having a nice cluster there! FPGA makes it look so clean and easy!
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February 20, 2012, 08:22:05 PM |
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Has anyone built an AWS GPU cluster?
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Mark Rose (OP)
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February 20, 2012, 08:32:49 PM |
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Has anyone built an AWS GPU cluster?
That's almost certainly not worth it. The GPU instances use Nvidia cards, which from what I gather are slow at hashing. Plus they cost $2.10/hr ($1500/mn).
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February 20, 2012, 11:34:40 PM |
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Not to hijack the thread, but could someone give me the "explain it to me like im 5" explanation of what im looking at. I understand mining bitcoins with computers and such but these cards confuse me. How are they achieving that type of hash rate at such a low power draw?
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