I propose we merge custom hardware into mining hardware - page 3.

cdog

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Quote from: MiningBuddy on December 04, 2013, 01:41:46 PM

I don't want to see altcoin discussion anywhere but the currently designated section.

The problem is, we have a SINGLE altcoin sub-forum and its a cesspool most posters wont touch with a 10-ft pole.

Im a big Litecoin guy and I havent been in that sub-forum for months, its beyond worthless now, was good up through Spring 2013.

cdog

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Until the resistance to discussing alt-coin mining on BTCTalk subsides, I prefer having "mining hardware" and "custom hardware" separate.

We can still discuss covertly there, although Im pretty sure a lot of the alt coin mining talk is moving over to the Litecoin Forums.

Trongersoll

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I concur, merge them.

eroxors

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Good idea. Move groupbuys to marketplace as well.

MiningBuddy

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I agree, I think it's time we cleaned up and made some new sub forums to accommodate for the shift in hardware, GPU mining is pretty much dead now.
I think we should discuss on the best type of new boards to add/remove and go from there. We should archive the old posts, maybe have a few sub forums made in the current archive for this to preserve information.

On the topic of altcoins, this is bitcointalk, you guys are lucky enough we accommodate you already. I don't want to see altcoin discussion anywhere but the currently designated section.

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Quote from: gmaxwell on November 29, 2013, 07:35:58 PM

I propose we merge custom hardware into mining hardware: All viable bitcoin mining hardware today is "custom" to some extent. I also propose we create a "mining hardware development" subforum to host the small amount of actual development discussion.

Thoughts?

I agree this would remove some of the clutter.

Quote from: Big Time Coin on November 30, 2013, 09:54:27 PM

ugh this is bad idea because we would need to make a separate sub-forum for "scrypt" mining and "SHA256" mining. Right now custom hardware is de facto SHA256 mining and mining is scrypt mining.

Could we also get a "mining hardware development" subforum for the Alternate cryptocurrencies section to make it easier to navigate? I realize this site is really only intended for Bitcoin but right now its a mad-house in the Altcoins section Tongue

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I think just a General Hardware section and a Hardware Development section would be good.

Also, something should be done with Group Buys to separate "shares in something" offers vs straight hardware sales. I'm tired of pawing through 100 "KNCMINER Shares xxxx" threads looking for straight hardware vendors with products to sell.

Maybe there should be a Mining Securities section for shared mining buys, and Mining Market for hardware sellers? Otherwise all of the shared mining stuff ends up in the normal Securities area.

Also, add an Altcoin mining section, or remove all of the Altcoin areas on Bitcointalk and be done with it. Unless this is done altcoin mining stuff will simply end up in the mining areas, which adds to the clutter when it should be pure Bitcoin mining.

Just thoughts, but it seems like things could be organized better. Currently all of this information is difficult to find and sift through to find what you are looking for.

xstr8guy

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Why screw-up a good thing? Isn't the Custom Hardware subforum one of the most popular? The other Hardware subforum is full of boring garbage most of the time.

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Yes, merge them!

Tehfiend

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+1

ScaryHash

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I think we should split it into 55nm or greater miners and 55 nm and below.

And maybe have a GPU/CPU forum too for computer stuff.

Grin

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Gerald Davis

Quote from: Big Time Coin on November 30, 2013, 09:54:27 PM

ugh this is bad idea because we would need to make a separate sub-forum for "scrypt" mining and "SHA256" mining. Right now custom hardware is de facto SHA256 mining and mining is scrypt mining.

This is bitcointalk forum and last time I checked Bitcoin only uses a single hashing algorithm. The moderators created an altcoin subform for off topic threads.

DeathAndTaxes

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Gerald Davis

I was thinking this the other day. The split made sense when ASICs were theoretical and GPU were mainstream. Today nobody mines Bitcoins with anything other than ASICs and it seems there is some cross posting and "incorrect" posting which means people end up reading both forums anyways.

The Ghola

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great and idea and perfect sense

rupy

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Well, the mining rig photos thread has lot of litecoin in there too.

Why not just create 4 subfolders: CPU, GPU, FPGA and ASIC, that should cover it?

*secretly hoping for a FPGA coin with dynamic hashing, would QuarkCoin work?*

We need to take advantage of all those SPARTAN-6 y'know!

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Ruu \o/

Quote from: Big Time Coin on November 30, 2013, 09:54:27 PM

ugh this is bad idea because we would need to make a separate sub-forum for "scrypt" mining and "SHA256" mining. Right now custom hardware is de facto SHA256 mining and mining is scrypt mining.

No it's not. The custom hardware topic is for bitcoin mining. Post something about anything else and you'll get your arse removed immediately to the altcoin topic.

Big Time Coin

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ugh this is bad idea because we would need to make a separate sub-forum for "scrypt" mining and "SHA256" mining. Right now custom hardware is de facto SHA256 mining and mining is scrypt mining.

DPoS

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shouldn't everything just go into the KNC thread? Roll Eyes

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Ruu \o/

Fine by me since just about every GPU mining thread posted is slated for the altcoin area. I don't even have GPU mining code in cgminer any more, and there is no such thing as commodity hardware relevant for mining bitcoin.

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Seeing as the distinction used to be gpu vs other. Why not split it like that, make a gpu mining sub forum and make custom the main forum for hardware

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