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GPUs were rendered useless by ASIC miners, no? EDIT: Sorry for jumping on the Bitcoin hype train too soon! Many other uses for cracking hashes.
by prezjordan 13y ago
GPUs were rendered useless by ASIC miners, no?
EDIT: Sorry for jumping on the Bitcoin hype train too soon! Many other uses for cracking hashes.
- profquail 13y agoFor bitcoins, yes. I believe OP is talking about password hash cracking, a la oclHashcat-plus: http://hashcat.net/oclhashcat-plus/ http://hashcat.net/oclhashcat-plus/
- prezjordan 13y agoAha, you're absolutely right. Shame "cracking hashes" is synonymous to Bitcoins in my mind.