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Thu Apr 06 22:33:28 UTC 2017 <funkenstein_> anyway my question was not whether anyone with half a brain could do it, but whether the technique outlined could really generate the savings he claimed
Thu Apr 06 22:29:47 UTC 2017 <funkenstein_> still if you can find a way to get the old asics from the dump behind jihan's place to caracas, you'll be sitting pretty :D
Thu Apr 06 22:24:36 UTC 2017 <asciilifeform> at this point you're unlikely to even earn back the cost of shipping the parcel -- much less the necessary mains current, if you don't have a source of 'free'
Thu Apr 06 22:23:35 UTC 2017 <funkenstein_> i think you'll find a lot on ebay
Thu Apr 06 22:21:07 UTC 2017 <asciilifeform> 'In order to be able to reuse Message Schedule 1 across multiple work items, AsicBoost generates many block header candidates that all share a common Message part. In other words, the many block header candidates differ from each other only in chunk 1. The work items derived from these block header candidates then all share a common Message component and differ only in the Midstate component.' << screamingly obvious trick, t
Thu Apr 06 22:21:07 UTC 2017 <asciilifeform> o anyone with half a brain and any interest in the subject
Thu Apr 06 22:19:05 UTC 2017 <asciilifeform> some snake oil d00d managed to get a bogus patent (trivial in, e.g., usa) on the idea of precomputing context prior to hashing, and reusing.
Thu Apr 06 22:17:04 UTC 2017 <funkenstein_> so your understanding is also that this refers to a way to save some cycles on the 1st round of sha256?
Thu Apr 06 22:15:19 UTC 2017 <funkenstein_> :D so sha256 is 64 rounds, how would avoiding 1 round wind up be a 30% savings?
Thu Apr 06 22:14:25 UTC 2017 <funkenstein_> "Due to a design oversight the Bitcoin proof of work function has a potential
Thu Apr 06 14:45:11 UTC 2017 <punkman> "I am very worried for him, because some technology company told him they wanted to fly him to the U.S. for a job interview as a result of him posting that online,” Daniel Inzirillo said. “There is a strong possibility that in one or two weeks he’s going to be flying to California, and I am concerned that maybe some guy in some law enforcement agency has his sights on him."
Thu Apr 06 09:02:14 UTC 2017 <assbot> Joop Hazenberg sur Twitter : ""In Amsterdam, a Google self-driving car would park itself after a few minutes and start crying." #EUCAD2017 https://t.co/hlogYUtSRo" ... ( http://bit.ly/2nGNvJF )
Thu Apr 06 07:58:33 UTC 2017 <assbot> A Thinking Person's Guide to the Latest Bitcoin Drama ... ( http://bit.ly/2o5MX3h )
Thu Apr 06 07:51:04 UTC 2017 <assbot> Justin Raimondo sur Twitter : "You don't handle sarin-saturated bodies *without gloves* - unless you're a Syrian rebel trying to pull off yet another hoax. https://t.co/1ozt68HkK1" ... ( http://bit.ly/2o5Qajz )
Thu Apr 06 07:49:51 UTC 2017 <assbot> H e b a sur Twitter : "Disgraced Dr. @DrShajulIslam received gas masks two days before "chemical attack" in Al Qaeda held #Idlib The propaganda continues. #Syria https://t.co/jPncQgtuXo" ... ( http://bit.ly/2o5VVNX )
Thu Apr 06 07:42:17 UTC 2017 <assbot> Is a Mining Manufacturer Blocking SegWit to Benefit from ASICBOOST? | Bitcoin Magazine ... ( http://bit.ly/2o5GRzO )
Thu Apr 06 07:35:57 UTC 2017 <punkman> "Reverse engineering of a particular mining chip has demonstrated conclusively that ASICBOOST has been implemented in hardware."
Thu Apr 06 07:35:03 UTC 2017 <assbot> [bitcoin-dev] BIP proposal: Inhibiting a covert attack on the Bitcoin POW function ... ( http://bit.ly/2o5D31A )
Thu Apr 06 04:07:39 UTC 2017 <kakobrekla> the land of a long cognitive cloud
Thu Apr 06 04:07:26 UTC 2017 <kakobrekla> the land of the a cognitive cloud