Topic: Just wondering…Can you use ASIC chips to hash passwords? (Read 1007 times)
no, GPU can..
You can build an ASIC to do anything you want it to do, but I take it your question is whether you can use one of the current Bitcoin mining ASIC's (e.g. a Blade Erupter) to hash passwords.
No. The output of a mining ASIC is not a Hash, it's a nonce.
Hmmm…forgot they're called Application Specific Integrated Chips. Thanks anyway, gotta do some research on that. and I said chips chips in the title No. The output of a mining ASIC is not a Hash, it's a nonce.
You can build an ASIC to do anything you want it to do, but I take it your question is whether you can use one of the current Bitcoin mining ASIC's (e.g. a Blade Erupter) to hash passwords.
No. The output of a mining ASIC is not a Hash, it's a nonce.
No. The output of a mining ASIC is not a Hash, it's a nonce.
Just being a little cheeky but I do want to know the answer
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