"Application-Specific Integrated Circuit" - An integrated circuit (chip) specifically designed for one task only. Similar to FPGAs, ASICs may be the low-power-consumption future of Bitcoin mining. As with FPGAs they are very power efficient but carry a comparatively higher up-front cost.
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Why do the creators of ASICs not just keep them for themselves?
If ASICs are able to mine BC so fast, why are the creators of these machines even selling them? If they just created them to mine with them themselves, they could get so many BC and in turn make BC worth so much (as BC for the rest of us would be so…
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Open source ASIC design plans in Hardware Description Language (HDL) format?
Are there any freely-available ("open source") ASIC design plans in, e.g., HDL or AHDL format(s)?
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Reusability of ASIC miners
I'm looking into the re-use of ASIC miners to perform other mathematical tasks; for example, the sum of a prime and a random number producing a massive (arbitrarily long) integral value
i.e. sum(121 ^ 98435903485039)
Note: I require the result of…
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Maximum number of block erupters raspberry pi can handle?
I'm trying to figure out where the bottle neck in terms of bandwidth would be.
Assume:
no other processes running on raspberry pi (700MHz processor, no
overclocking)
no limit on internet up/down rates no limit on power of
external USB hub (5V, 12A…
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How to set up ASIC properly?
Okay so butterfly labs has these ASIC chips available yet I am very confused on how to implement these. I have never seen these type of things and googling has gotten me nowhere.
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Where can I look up the best ASICS under certain conditions
I have found a lot of helpful websites showing the best hardware for mining in general. However, is there a list of any kind where I can choose the criteria?
For example: I want an ASIC that has a high hash rate, does not cost over 200 dollars, but…
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What is ASIC hardware good for besides mining?
Are there any other uses for ASIC hardware besides mining crypto?
Also what are the consequences of the hashing power race?
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rPi & ASICMiner Block Limit?
So I am thinking about getting back into bitcoin and I recently discovered the ASICMiner Block Erupter. And I see that just about everyone has them running on a USB3 hub. Lets say that I ran 8 of these Block Erupters on a single hub that was…
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Can a Raspberry Pi power 1 USB Asic Miner?
Looking at other setups it seems everyone is running with multiple USB Asic Miners through powered USB Hubs. Can the Raspberry Pi power a single miner through USB? Even using a 2 amp power adapter?
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why not make DIY, upgradeable, ASIC mining rigs?
being a miner myself, I see one of the big problems in the mining field. ASIC's are very unsustainable at making profit, and quickly turn into scrap as something better comes along. (even though they can be super profitable at first)
What this does…
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Powering the Butterfly Labs BFG0005G ASIC Miner
I got this machine since 2013. I want to put it in use just for the heck of it. It has a USB port for interface with my pc and a power jack. Unfortunately i don't remember where the adaptor is, so how do i power this thing? What volts does it…
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Why no other company is producing Bitcoin ASIC except bitmain?
Except bitfury and 1-2 Chinese companies that looks fake or just a copy of Antminer.
Nobody in Western produces miners?
Why?
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Configure an Asicminer Blade
Just got my asicminer Blade yesterday and it is mining fine in slush pool via stratum proxy.
Now i want to switch the mining pool to another one. But how can i configure my mining_proxy exe?
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How does the ASIC Jalepeno connect to the Internet?
Does the ASIC Jalepeno miner need to be connected via USB for it to work properly (to access the Internet)?
I was hoping there was a wi-fi setup option but I don't see it.
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Would this be suitable for Bitcoin mining?
Would 10 Port Mini USB HUB High Speed 2.0 with Power Adapter Black #198 UK (on eBay) be suitable for Bitcoin mining?
I have a new PC, so I don't want to damage the motherboard by using the USB ports constantly.
If this isn't suitable, why and what…
