2018-12-14 00:06:44
was reading some stuff about FPGA mining, interesting to think about how it can mine many "CPU" or "GPU" coins out there much faster
cryptovape
2018-12-14 00:10:26
FPGA is 'fuck it i will just weld pipes together' and most PoW are doable by utilising only small bits of CPUs and GPUs - it becomes a surface area problem at scale
Rotonen
2018-12-14 00:24:36
lol, hmm yeah. I could see them getting more popular. I would rather buy one than an ASIC that could eventually be bricked.
cryptovape
2018-12-14 00:25:14
by difficulty
cryptovape
2018-12-14 00:28:49
There are some pretty cheap FPGA's out there, maybe combining one of these chips with an nvme-drive can give you a really cheap mining rig
mjay
2018-12-14 00:29:41
you're saying that could actually be useful for SNOW?
cryptovape
2018-12-14 00:31:24
well, it won't be faster than a small cpu + board + nvme, but probably cheaper
mjay
2018-12-14 00:32:08
hmm very interesting
cryptovape
2018-12-14 00:32:46
right now development costs are probably way too high
mjay
2018-12-14 00:35:08
... of the bitstream you mean
cryptovape
2018-12-14 00:35:29
and the hardware
mjay
2018-12-14 00:36:06
you need a small board with nvme connector + fpga, and it has to be cheaper than a mainboard + cpu
mjay
2018-12-14 00:38:38
ah i get what you're saying. and i guess an advantage would be the electricity savings of the FPGA vs the CPU for SNOW's algo
cryptovape
2018-12-14 00:39:31
if you choose the right cpu power consumption is already low. Its more about initial investment
mjay
2018-12-14 00:40:14
The i3-8300T can handle 2 nvme-ssd's at full speed with less than 10W for example
mjay
2018-12-14 00:40:56
oh true. i'm working with old server RAM mining haha.
cryptovape
2018-12-14 00:42:02
that is super low
cryptovape
2018-12-14 00:56:25
Old ram server probably doesn't have enough cpu
Fireduck
2018-12-14 00:56:38
If it is like mine need remote mining nodes
Fireduck
2018-12-14 01:07:35
i haven't tried remote nodes yet... server with my new RAM is building the snowfield on spinny disks. could use a remote node on my rented server tho if that is even possible.
cryptovape
2018-12-14 01:08:13
Remote means a separate machine on same lan
Fireduck
2018-12-14 01:08:22
Need at least gigabit
Fireduck
2018-12-14 01:09:03
ok ya, i suppose i could rent another in same facility to network them lol
cryptovape
2018-12-14 01:11:11
just torrent the snowfield?
Rotonen
2018-12-14 01:12:02
i know... its not at my home and i only had time to configure the ram and let er rip
cryptovape
2018-12-14 01:12:42
ssh is pretty far up my priority chain
Rotonen
2018-12-14 01:13:22
but fun, do tell how long it took
Rotonen
2018-12-14 01:14:47
it estimated 30 hours on 2x 146gb, then got tired after a couple minutes and estimated 60.
cryptovape
2018-12-14 01:15:53
yeah ssh good call lol
cryptovape
2018-12-14 01:17:00
i only ordered 144 gb RAM worth but im thinking now i should get it to the max
cryptovape
2018-12-14 01:18:38
192gb
cryptovape
2018-12-14 01:22:23
for ssh, i used locally, but didn't feel comfortable setting that up remotely in case i made a security flaw
cryptovape
2018-12-14 01:22:49
And someone would steal your snowfield?
Fireduck
2018-12-14 01:22:55
LOL
cryptovape
2018-12-14 01:23:52
for the rest of the network
cryptovape
2018-12-14 01:27:47
don't steal the snowfield, we need it!
mjay
2018-12-14 01:30:42
:snowblossom1::bowtie::snowblossom2:
cryptovape