Yes, with pleasure:
http://hashcat.net/wiki/doku.php?id=cracking_sl3
It is pretty good explained.
It is little modified salted SHA1 algo and should be around 5 times faster than algo used for BTC.
For sure it is possible to implement on FPGA. But there is a lot of pro guys with already done solution, not willing to share their work.
Atom (admin and creator of Hashcat and OCLHashcat) is great guy and very skillful programmer, he did a LOT of optimization on crypto algos, maybe he could do even more if someone gets his attention.
Topic: Project Evil Genius – Custom SHA2-256 Circuits on a FPGA - page 3. (Read 12351 times)
Maybe a good idea will also be implenmentig salted SHA1 algo for Nokia SL3 unlocking by bruteforce method.
Any URL listing the problem? It looks interesting. 
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Looking at the Open Source FPGA code, [...], which is converted C.
You mean https://github.com/fpgaminer/Open-Source-FPGA-Bitcoin-Miner? That's not converted C.I originally didn’t know that code was converted C or not. I had assumptions that it was converted C, and asked in the past in different threads when I talked about this project. Then I talked to people from this forum, and all of them told me that it was converted C. So I believe it was converted C. I am sorry for calling it Converted C.
It's pretty obvious it's not converted C code, if you are talking about an automated C-to-HDL program. Those spit out garbage code. The Open Source code is human-readable - therefore not machine generated.
Good luck. Personally I doubt there is much performance left on the table by the open source code, but please prove us wrong.
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Looking at the Open Source FPGA code, [...], which is converted C.
You mean https://github.com/fpgaminer/Open-Source-FPGA-Bitcoin-Miner? That's not converted C. 
Watching...
Maybe a good idea will also be implenmentig salted SHA1 algo for Nokia SL3 unlocking by bruteforce method.
I will use this thread to update my progress. I will update every once in a while to let people know my progress and how well the circuits are preforming.
I will be creating custom digital circuits of a SHA2-256 Double Hashers for Bitcoin mining. I have already started on the first stage. The project will be written in Verilog. I chose Verilog, because it has better controls at the gate level than VHDL. I will not be using any C code for the hashing circuits. However I might use C code for the registers and connections to the computer, IE USB plug, and set-up data.
Looking at the Open Source FPGA code, I believe I can make a really good improvement over the Open Source code, which is converted C. I have vast experience in digital design and I have worked on many ASIC projects. However, I have not worked on a FPGA before, but I have worked alongside FPGA programmers to know the major problems that affect FPGAs.
To get more info on my background, go here:
http://www.cryptoextractor.com/crypto/author.html
Depending on the results, three things will happen. If I get really great results, then I would probably make some boards and sell them. If I get good results, I will probably buy old FPGA boards and reprogram them, and mine with them. I might sell some of the re-programmed boards. The last would be if I got OK results. Then I would just release the code as Open Source.
I will be creating custom digital circuits of a SHA2-256 Double Hashers for Bitcoin mining. I have already started on the first stage. The project will be written in Verilog. I chose Verilog, because it has better controls at the gate level than VHDL. I will not be using any C code for the hashing circuits. However I might use C code for the registers and connections to the computer, IE USB plug, and set-up data.
Looking at the Open Source FPGA code, I believe I can make a really good improvement over the Open Source code, which is converted C. I have vast experience in digital design and I have worked on many ASIC projects. However, I have not worked on a FPGA before, but I have worked alongside FPGA programmers to know the major problems that affect FPGAs.
To get more info on my background, go here:
http://www.cryptoextractor.com/crypto/author.html
Depending on the results, three things will happen. If I get really great results, then I would probably make some boards and sell them. If I get good results, I will probably buy old FPGA boards and reprogram them, and mine with them. I might sell some of the re-programmed boards. The last would be if I got OK results. Then I would just release the code as Open Source.
What would you define as "really great results"?
I will use this thread to update my progress. I will update every once in a while to let people know my progress and how well the circuits are preforming.
I will be creating custom digital circuits of a SHA2-256 Double Hashers for Bitcoin mining. I have already started on the first stage. The project will be written in Verilog. I chose Verilog, because it has better controls at the gate level than VHDL. I will not be using any C code for the hashing circuits. However I might use C code for the registers and connections to the computer, IE USB plug, and set-up data.
Looking at the Open Source FPGA code, I believe I can make a really good improvement over the Open Source code, which is converted C. I have vast experience in digital design and I have worked on many ASIC projects. However, I have not worked on a FPGA before, but I have worked alongside FPGA programmers to know the major problems that affect FPGAs.
To get more info on my background, go here:
http://www.cryptoextractor.com/crypto/author.html
Depending on the results, three things will happen. If I get really great results, then I would probably make some boards and sell them. If I get good results, I will probably buy old FPGA boards and reprogram them, and mine with them. I might sell some of the re-programmed boards. The last would be if I got OK results. Then I would just release the code as Open Source.
I will be creating custom digital circuits of a SHA2-256 Double Hashers for Bitcoin mining. I have already started on the first stage. The project will be written in Verilog. I chose Verilog, because it has better controls at the gate level than VHDL. I will not be using any C code for the hashing circuits. However I might use C code for the registers and connections to the computer, IE USB plug, and set-up data.
Looking at the Open Source FPGA code, I believe I can make a really good improvement over the Open Source code, which is converted C. I have vast experience in digital design and I have worked on many ASIC projects. However, I have not worked on a FPGA before, but I have worked alongside FPGA programmers to know the major problems that affect FPGAs.
To get more info on my background, go here:
http://www.cryptoextractor.com/crypto/author.html
Depending on the results, three things will happen. If I get really great results, then I would probably make some boards and sell them. If I get good results, I will probably buy old FPGA boards and reprogram them, and mine with them. I might sell some of the re-programmed boards. The last would be if I got OK results. Then I would just release the code as Open Source.
why don't you try developing scrypt mining for LTC for opensource community. There's avery high demand for it IMO.
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I will use this thread to update my progress. I will update every once in a while to let people know my progress and how well the circuits are preforming.
I will be creating custom digital circuits of a SHA2-256 Double Hashers for Bitcoin mining. I have already started on the first stage. The project will be written in Verilog. I chose Verilog, because it has better controls at the gate level than VHDL. I will not be using any C code for the hashing circuits. However I might use C code for the registers and connections to the computer, IE USB plug, and set-up data.
Looking at the Open Source FPGA code, I believe I can make a really good improvement over the Open Source code, which is converted C. I have vast experience in digital design and I have worked on many ASIC projects. However, I have not worked on a FPGA before, but I have worked alongside FPGA programmers to know the major problems that affect FPGAs.
To get more info on my background, go here:
http://www.cryptoextractor.com/crypto/author.html
Depending on the results, three things will happen. If I get really great results, then I would probably make some boards and sell them. If I get good results, I will probably buy old FPGA boards and reprogram them, and mine with them. I might sell some of the re-programmed boards. The last would be if I got OK results. Then I would just release the code as Open Source.
I will be creating custom digital circuits of a SHA2-256 Double Hashers for Bitcoin mining. I have already started on the first stage. The project will be written in Verilog. I chose Verilog, because it has better controls at the gate level than VHDL. I will not be using any C code for the hashing circuits. However I might use C code for the registers and connections to the computer, IE USB plug, and set-up data.
Looking at the Open Source FPGA code, I believe I can make a really good improvement over the Open Source code, which is converted C. I have vast experience in digital design and I have worked on many ASIC projects. However, I have not worked on a FPGA before, but I have worked alongside FPGA programmers to know the major problems that affect FPGAs.
To get more info on my background, go here:
http://www.cryptoextractor.com/crypto/author.html
Depending on the results, three things will happen. If I get really great results, then I would probably make some boards and sell them. If I get good results, I will probably buy old FPGA boards and reprogram them, and mine with them. I might sell some of the re-programmed boards. The last would be if I got OK results. Then I would just release the code as Open Source.
why don't you try developing scrypt mining for LTC for opensource community. There's avery high demand for it IMO.
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