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Topic: Just wondering…Can you use ASIC chips to hash passwords? (Read 1035 times)

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no, GPU can..
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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  Grin
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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.
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Just being a little cheeky but I do want to know the answer
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