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Topic: Google I/O Bitcoin Mining Announcement (Read 1979 times)

legendary
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Truth will out!
July 06, 2014, 02:12:57 PM
#22
I think that makes nonsense to mine with ~10Droids... to mine Bitcoin you need more hash power and to mine alts it's also "impossible" nowadays, imao.
sr. member
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July 04, 2014, 10:58:33 PM
#21
LOFL
Their modular devices have ASICs. Cellular ASIC mining is coming.

They say they will award the first person that makes an ARA design that is for something new for cellular, then you can get $100,000. Mining is new right?
sr. member
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July 04, 2014, 10:51:12 PM
#20
It sounds like they are already going to do the galvanic skin response thing. They are going to make MODULES. So you can buy different things for your phone.
http://www.projectara.com/

Digital Tattoos to unlock your phone!?!?!?
http://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/gadgets-updates/a-link-with-ink-digital-tattoo-unlocks-moto-x/article1-1234492.aspx
sr. member
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July 04, 2014, 08:38:35 AM
#19
I am about to watch the rest of the Google I/O stuff. There are like 2 days of video to watch, lol.
sr. member
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July 02, 2014, 03:36:56 PM
#18
...

to illustrate:

The company X wants to develop a product and jump into crypto currency world, they think their last product called "X-wallet" is not cool theses days so they decide to make their own crypto currency.. the marketing guys of the company already have an idea ... "buy our mobile and make digital cash while you use it" .. so they decide sell a new cellphone product let's say, called ... "Nex-us-cash" but they want to keep their new crypto currency under their control by locking it to their own hardware ...



I think that if they wanted to do that they would have to do like Devcoin. Make it where ANYONE can mine the coin, but a percentage (in Devcoin's case 90% of coins mined) go to people that do tasks for the company (in Devcoin's case: writing, coding and inventing). Then they would be able to let ANYONE mine their coin which does not limit their hash rate possibilities, and let's them control the flow of coins that keeps people within their network.
full member
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Stand on the shoulders of giants
July 02, 2014, 02:57:03 PM
#17
...

to illustrate:

The company X wants to develop a product and jump into crypto currency world, they think their last product called "X-wallet" is not cool theses days so they decide to make their own crypto currency.. the marketing guys of the company already have an idea ... "buy our mobile and make digital cash while you use it" .. so they decide sell a new cellphone product let's say, called ... "Nex-us-cash" but they want to keep their new crypto currency under their control by locking it to their own hardware ...

sr. member
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July 02, 2014, 02:41:56 PM
#16
Sorry, Let me try to be more clear ..

Is it possible to develop a cryptocoin which can only be mined by specific chip architecture ? intuitively I think it is possible because it's reminds me lock serial number to hardware by retrieving hardware identifier to lock ...

Why would you lock a cryptocoin to specific hardware ? to sell hardware I guess ..

I think so. I have heard of GPU, CPU and ASIC coins, is that what you mean? Or do you mean even more specific than that?
full member
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Stand on the shoulders of giants
July 02, 2014, 02:34:12 PM
#15
Sorry, Let me try to be more clear ..

Is it possible to develop a cryptocoin which can only be mined by specific chip architecture ? intuitively I think it is possible because it's reminds me lock serial number to hardware by retrieving hardware identifier to lock ...

Why would you lock a cryptocoin to specific hardware ? to sell hardware I guess ..
sr. member
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Bitmark Developer
July 02, 2014, 02:13:01 PM
#14
As I understand it, you'd use RenderScript in pretty much the same way existing android miners use it.

So programmatic approach will not change, just speed on new devices will.
sr. member
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July 02, 2014, 02:07:48 PM
#13
is it possible make a miner and then lock a mining algorithm to a specific chip type ?  Huh Huh

I mean ... in pseudo code

Code:
#if defined(__ia64) || defined(__itanium__) || defined(_M_IA64)
/* Itanium -------------------------------------------------- */

#endif

so ..if the statement is true then call mining function bla bla  

Code:
while(nonce < MAX):
  if sha(sha(block+nonce)) < target:
     return nonce
  nonce += 1


ps-> of course for mobile could be ARM

http://sourceforge.net/p/predef/wiki/Architectures/

 

I have no idea. lol
full member
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Stand on the shoulders of giants
July 02, 2014, 02:03:05 PM
#12
is it possible make a miner and then lock a mining algorithm to a specific chip type ?  Huh Huh

I mean ... in pseudo code

Code:
#if defined(__ia64) || defined(__itanium__) || defined(_M_IA64)
/* Itanium -------------------------------------------------- */

#endif

so ..if the statement is true then call mining function bla bla  

Code:
while(nonce < MAX):
  if sha(sha(block+nonce)) < target:
     return nonce
  nonce += 1


ps-> of course for mobile could be ARM

http://sourceforge.net/p/predef/wiki/Architectures/

 
sr. member
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July 02, 2014, 12:28:59 PM
#11
Good luck mining *bitcoin* with a phone.  Cheesy
that's possible  Grin



Hell yeah, that is the future.

Everyone should read this
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/heap-of-alts-674842
sr. member
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July 02, 2014, 12:25:54 PM
#10
Yes, if and when it is viable to do so.

I heard there is already mining app, and I bet there are about to be a slew of new ones.
legendary
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July 02, 2014, 10:55:35 AM
#9
Good luck mining *bitcoin* with a phone.  Cheesy
that's possible  Grin

sr. member
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Bitmark Developer
July 02, 2014, 10:52:39 AM
#8
Yes, if and when it is viable to do so.
sr. member
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July 02, 2014, 10:45:58 AM
#7
Does anyone plan on utilizing this once it happens?

I remember their were a few people making coins in the past that were supposed to be mined on phones, but no one could ever get it to work because phones don't have big enough GPUs (before now).
sr. member
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June 30, 2014, 10:28:30 PM
#6
You can also use Droid Mini PCs, just BTW.
sr. member
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June 30, 2014, 07:49:47 PM
#5
Good luck mining *bitcoin* with a phone.  Cheesy
I just realized what you meant. It will be ALTCOINS that get mined.
sr. member
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sr. member
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June 30, 2014, 07:32:12 PM
#3
Good luck mining *bitcoin* with a phone.  Cheesy

When the GPUs are better, it will be viable.
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