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I have wondered if it is possible to make a mining algorithm FPGA-hard in the same way that RandomX is CPU-hard and memory-hard. Relative to CPUs, the "programm
by beeflet 9mo ago
I have wondered if it is possible to make a mining algorithm FPGA-hard in the same way that RandomX is CPU-hard and memory-hard. Relative to CPUs, the "programming time" cost is high.
Nice username btw.
- hayley-patton 9mo agoMy recollection is that ASIC-resistance involves using lots of scratchpad memory and mixing multiple hashing algorithms, so that you'd have to use a lot of silicon and/or bottleneck hard on external RAM. I think the same would hurt FPGAs too.
- ksk23 9mo agoImho, not knowing too much bout both concepts; it kinda is! You would need to re-implement a general purpose cpu to beat it, or that was the idea behind RandomX