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Obligatory: http://www.righto.com/2014/09/mining-bitcoin-with-pencil-and-paper.html http://www.righto.com/2014/09/mining-bitcoin-with-pencil-and... ; http://www
by nayuki 6y ago
Obligatory: http://www.righto.com/2014/09/mining-bitcoin-with-pencil-and-paper.html http://www.righto.com/2014/09/mining-bitcoin-with-pencil-and... ; http://www.righto.com/2019/07/bitcoin-mining-on-apollo-guidance.html http://www.righto.com/2019/07/bitcoin-mining-on-apollo-guida... ; http://www.righto.com/2015/05/bitcoin-mining-on-55-year-old-ibm-1401.html http://www.righto.com/2015/05/bitcoin-mining-on-55-year-old-...
- gus_massa 6y agoI'm not sure why this was downvoted, but perhaps some context may help. Here nayuki linked a few posts made by kens about mining Bitcoins using weird old hardware (if you classify pencil and paper as hardware). A Gameboy is perhaps not vintage enough for kens :) . Old HN discussion of these links: * Pencil and Paper: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8380110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8380110 (653 points, 104 comments) and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15950599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15950599 (642 points, 158 comments) * Apollo computer: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20383561 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20383561 (217 points, 107 comments) * IBM 1401: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9593412 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9593412 (162 points, 34 comments)