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I wrote a bitcoin miner for propeller 1's

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  • ValeTValeT Posts: 308
    edited 2014-10-21 04:06
    This looks really cool.

    Were you using all 8 cores of the propeller, or was that 40 hashes pre second on 1 core?
  • mike2mike2 Posts: 8
    edited 2014-10-21 06:41
    I'm only using one cog for hashing. Someone with more experience could probably make it go faster.
  • DavidZemonDavidZemon Posts: 2,973
    edited 2014-10-21 07:52
    Neat! I might play with this later and parallelize it :) that'd be fun.

    In fact, that'd make a great example of concurrency for PropWare's examples folder :P
  • ValeTValeT Posts: 308
    edited 2014-10-21 08:57
    mike2 wrote: »
    I'm only using one cog for hashing. Someone with more experience could probably make it go faster.

    Ok.

    Did you have any cooling issues associated with this?
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2014-10-21 09:18
    ValeT wrote: »
    Ok.

    Did you have any cooling issues associated with this?

    If you could use this to generate ANY heat from the Propeller, it'd be the first time I've seen....
  • tonyp12tonyp12 Posts: 1,951
    edited 2014-10-21 09:35
    For the next 6 months, bit mining could generate free heat (or heat generation could create free bit coins) for you in colder states.
    Though I heard that cooling fans and moving the heat is noisy and 6 months is not enough the recoup the investment of a nice setup,
    and you don't want to waste electricity in the summer as it barley then breakeven vs electricity cost and is bad for the environment.
  • ValeTValeT Posts: 308
    edited 2014-10-21 13:27
    Oldbitcollector (Jeff) wrote: »
    If you could use this to generate ANY heat from the Propeller, it'd be the first time I've seen....

    I was just wondering because I would like to put a ton of these things in parallel, and would like to avoid any mishaps.
  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2014-10-21 14:11
    ValeT wrote: »
    I was just wondering because I would like to put a ton of these things in parallel, and would like to avoid any mishaps.

    Just to make sure you understand.
    [Disclaimer]
    This is not a serious way to mine bitcoin

    I don't know much about bitcoin mining but I think I know enough to know you probably don't want to do it with Propellers.
  • mike2mike2 Posts: 8
    edited 2014-10-21 18:31
    ValeT wrote: »
    Ok.

    Did you have any cooling issues associated with this?

    No heating issues afaik. I left it running for a few days.
  • mike2mike2 Posts: 8
    edited 2014-10-21 18:33
    The code should run fine with multiple propellers. Just change the python to use a different com port and bitcoin worker.
  • Clock LoopClock Loop Posts: 2,069
    edited 2014-10-29 18:04
    Port it to spin. :D
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