| --- Sun May 5 2013 | 00:00 | |
| berndj | azonenberg: next hair-brained idea: nandminer (bitcoin) | 19:44 |
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| Sync_ | uhh | 19:46 |
| Sync_ | have you looked at the complexity that a btc miner needs? | 19:47 |
| Sync_ | and what eats your speed? | 19:47 |
| berndj | Sync_: the purpose is to be hair-brained, not cost-effective :) | 19:48 |
| berndj | an idea inspired by nandputer | 19:48 |
| Sync_ | well, we're currently designing a high cost/performance ratio miner | 19:49 |
| berndj | yeah? using what? | 19:50 |
| berndj | asic? | 19:50 |
| Sync_ | no, some altera fpgas | 19:53 |
| berndj | can fpga mining still be done profitably? | 19:53 |
| Sync_ | who cares | 19:54 |
| Sync_ | :D | 19:54 |
| Sync_ | it's not like you couldn't use them for something else | 19:54 |
| berndj | that's true, but where's the incentive (besides being a cool project :) to leave it powered on instead of just switching it off? | 19:55 |
| berndj | i should look for a btc for dummies explanation somewhere. i know it's all about hashes but i don't have a mental model of how it all fits together | 19:56 |
| Sync_ | we have free power here | 20:01 |
| berndj | free as in somebody else pays for it, or free as in the sun just heats up some panels a little bit more if you don't use it? | 20:01 |
| Sync_ | well, more the first than the latter | 20:02 |
| berndj | economically fair enough, but philosophically sub-ideal :) | 20:02 |
| Sync_ | well, free power is free power | 20:03 |
| --- Mon May 6 2013 | 00:00 | |
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