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Hash mining asics don’t work well for AI
by vscode-rest 6mo ago
Hash mining asics don’t work well for AI
- OJFord 6mo ago"don't work well for AI" is a hell of an understatement, the Application they are Specific to is literally just sha256(sha256(x)), what AI are you going to do with that? GP probably didn't mean that hardware though, but rather the facility, electricity supply, cooling, etc.
- oblio 6mo agoWhy double sha256?
- vscode-rest 6mo agoa that’s the botcoin hashing algorithm.
- oblio 6mo agoI figured that part out, I wonder why it's being doubled.
- vscode-rest 6mo agoThat was the way satoshi wanted it. No other explanation is known.
- haakon 6mo agoThe disappointing truth is that we simply don't know. Satoshi never explained it. For SHA-2 it can be used as a mitigation against length-extension attacks¹, and this seems like the most likely explanation, but it's just speculation. ¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length_extension_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length_extension_attack
- vscode-rest 6mo agoWould length extension impact bitcoin? The messages aren’t secret afaik.
- haakon 6mo agoThis is true, but large miners also have beneficial electricity contracts and data center capacity, both suitable for AI workloads.