With ASICs on the horizon should DigiByte switch algorithms? - page 4.

MP5KU

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Quote from: DigiByte on March 22, 2014, 07:02:18 PM

Quote from: MP5KU on March 22, 2014, 06:59:38 PM

Voting for x-11
GPU's are cooler, very hard for asics.

Does x-11 work with CGMiner? Or is there special mining software required?

It uses Sgminer.

x11 uses the following for hashing, blake, bmw, groestl, jh, keccak, skein, luffa, cubehash, shavite, simd and echo.

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I am afraid price drop. I am holding like a special kind of idiot, just missed high prices.

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Quote from: DigiByte on March 22, 2014, 07:02:18 PM

Quote from: MP5KU on March 22, 2014, 06:59:38 PM

Voting for x-11
GPU's are cooler, very hard for asics.

Does x-11 work with CGMiner? Or is there special mining software required?

There is a fork of sgminer.

sph-sgminer https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann086-hirocoin-x11-ngw-secured-blockchain-time-warp-limitation-516349

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Quote from: MP5KU on March 22, 2014, 06:59:38 PM

Voting for x-11
GPU's are cooler, very hard for asics.

What about botnets?

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Quote from: MP5KU on March 22, 2014, 06:59:38 PM

Voting for x-11
GPU's are cooler, very hard for asics.

Does x-11 work with CGMiner? Or is there special mining software required?

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Quote from: sammy007 on March 22, 2014, 06:54:44 PM

Quote from: DigiByte on March 22, 2014, 06:44:18 PM

Quote from: sammy007 on March 22, 2014, 06:41:10 PM

Undecided, because I'll accept any change which can help to rise the price and nothing more. BTW, It's simple to switch to Scrypt-N, but keccak (from maxcoin) will keep rigs cold, summer is coming.

Yes, cooling and electrical savings could be a huge selling point. We are trying to work out the summer cooling issue for our miners as well.

We are looking at potentially modifying Scrypt-N, maybe calling it Scrypt-D or even DigiScrypt?

I don't think it's wise. Scrypt-N already well known, tested, accepted by miners. It's good enough to fight ASICs. Necessary and sufficient.
WTB, sgminer will support scrypt-n out of the box soon.

Very good point Sammy, having mining software that works is important!

MP5KU

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Voting for x-11
GPU's are cooler, very hard for asics.

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Quote from: DigiByte on March 22, 2014, 06:44:18 PM

Quote from: sammy007 on March 22, 2014, 06:41:10 PM

Undecided, because I'll accept any change which can help to rise the price and nothing more. BTW, It's simple to switch to Scrypt-N, but keccak (from maxcoin) will keep rigs cold, summer is coming.

Yes, cooling and electrical savings could be a huge selling point. We are trying to work out the summer cooling issue for our miners as well.

We are looking at potentially modifying Scrypt-N, maybe calling it Scrypt-D or even DigiScrypt?

I don't think it's wise. Scrypt-N already well known, tested, accepted by miners. It's good enough to fight ASICs. Necessary and sufficient.
WTB, sgminer will support scrypt-n out of the box soon.

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Quote from: sammy007 on March 22, 2014, 06:41:10 PM

Undecided, because I'll accept any change which can help to rise the price and nothing more. BTW, It's simple to switch to Scrypt-N, but keccak (from maxcoin) will keep rigs cold, summer is coming.

Yes, cooling and electrical savings could be a huge selling point. We are trying to work out the summer cooling issue for our miners as well.

We are looking at potentially modifying Scrypt-N, maybe calling it Scrypt-D or even DigiScrypt?

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Undecided, because I'll accept any change which can help to rise the price and nothing more. BTW, It's simple to switch to Scrypt-N, but keccak (from maxcoin) will keep rigs cold, summer is coming.

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Quote from: DigiByte on March 22, 2014, 06:27:48 PM

With all the recent Scrypt ASIC news we are strongly considering switching DigiByte to a more ASIC resistant algorithm to ensure a more fair mining opportunity for everyone. Our goal since day one is to make sure there is not centralization of hashing power or technology with DigiByte.

Please explain the reason for your vote and if you voted yes please list and provide a link to the algorithm you support.

Also, if anyone has any case studies of a coin hard forking and switching algorithms please post a link.

switch to X11 algo

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Quote from: maardein on March 22, 2014, 06:31:53 PM

Don't you think it is actually good that scrypt asics are coming? This can only make your network more secure, if you manage to maintain a high hashrate that is.

We have thought about this and we do see some positives to this in the long run. Securing the block chain is very important. We wanted to open this up to the community and see what everyone's consensus was on this.

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Don't you think it is actually good that scrypt asics are coming? This can only make your network more secure, if you manage to maintain a high hashrate that is.

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With all the recent Scrypt ASIC news we are strongly considering switching DigiByte to a more ASIC resistant algorithm to ensure a more fair mining opportunity for everyone. Our goal since day one is to make sure there is not centralization of hashing power or technology with DigiByte.

Please explain the reason for your vote and if you voted yes please list and provide a link to the algorithm you support.

Also, if anyone has any case studies of a coin hard forking and switching algorithms please post a link.

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