Yes it work, but why would you want to waste a nice gaming machine..
I have a PS4 these days so my PS3 just sits in my cupboard!
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I have a PS4 these days so my PS3 just sits in my cupboard!
Yes it work, but why would you want to waste a nice gaming machine..
Somebody an old SNES to mine Bitcoin, so I'm would assume it's possible. But why, it's an exercise in futility. Other than people who like challenges and tinkerers there is no point in such an endeavor... other than to say "For Science"
I'd be interested in this as well. Except instead of mining Bitcoin which is dominated by ASICs, I wonder if it is possible to mine CPU coins with the Cell processor. Wikipedia says that the Cell processor can reach 230 GFLOPS while the PS4's CPU and even a recent i7 can only reach about 100.
Edit: In order to mine with a PS4, I'm guessing you would need to run Linux on it. Newer PS3s and older ones that have had their firmware updated don't allow this, so you will need to jailbreak it and run something like AsbestOS:
Link to a Bitcoin miner for the Cell processor:
http://github.com/verement/cellminer
Using the above, you can expect a hash rate of about 25 Mhash/s:
http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#Other
Edit: In order to mine with a PS4, I'm guessing you would need to run Linux on it. Newer PS3s and older ones that have had their firmware updated don't allow this, so you will need to jailbreak it and run something like AsbestOS:
Quote from: Afterdawn.com
Hector Martin aka marcan42 has just posted to his blog the launch of AsbestOS, a way to run Linux on your jailbroken PS3 without OtherOS. Martin has been working on AsbestOS for over a month.
"Other OS" was disabled by firmware version 3.21, and the latest Sony firmware update is version 3.50. Therefore, only owners of "fat" PS3 consoles running firmwares 3.15 or under can still use the OtherOS feature of their console.
Users running firmware 3.41 or under can "jailbreak" their console using a USB Development Board or a number of items like the DualShock 3 controller, TI-84 calculators, an iPod or other media players.
"Other OS" was disabled by firmware version 3.21, and the latest Sony firmware update is version 3.50. Therefore, only owners of "fat" PS3 consoles running firmwares 3.15 or under can still use the OtherOS feature of their console.
Users running firmware 3.41 or under can "jailbreak" their console using a USB Development Board or a number of items like the DualShock 3 controller, TI-84 calculators, an iPod or other media players.
Link to a Bitcoin miner for the Cell processor:
http://github.com/verement/cellminer
Using the above, you can expect a hash rate of about 25 Mhash/s:
http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#Other
Hi,
I'm aware there have been posts about this but none seemed to answer my question and also now more and more people would have PS4, there would be a lot of PS3 just sitting around.
How many people have successfully got this working? If so is their a guide I can follow or can someone give me instructions on how to set it up.
Does the PS3 need to be jailbroken? I don't really mind what type of returns I get as I have free electricity and any return is better than none.
Thanks for the help!
I'm aware there have been posts about this but none seemed to answer my question and also now more and more people would have PS4, there would be a lot of PS3 just sitting around.
How many people have successfully got this working? If so is their a guide I can follow or can someone give me instructions on how to set it up.
Does the PS3 need to be jailbroken? I don't really mind what type of returns I get as I have free electricity and any return is better than none.
Thanks for the help!
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