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Re:BlazingDB uses GPUs to manipulate huge databases in no time by loeg on Monday September 12, 2016 @09:54PM (#12485115)
It's surprising you can still do cryptocurrency mining with GPUs. Not bitcoin, then?
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Re:BlazingDB uses GPUs to manipulate huge databases in no time by optimiz3 on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @01:12AM (#12485771)
Ethereum, Monero, and even Ethereum-Classic (difficulty/arbitrage/exchange rate permitting) are all good GPU candidates -

SHA-256d (Bitcoin) and Scrypt (Litecoin) have ASICs, X11 (Dash - formerly Darkcoin) has FPGAs.

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Re:BlazingDB uses GPUs to manipulate huge databases in no time by mappu on Monday September 12, 2016 @10:42PM (#12485288)
The GP didn't say that their mining is done on GPUs.
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Re:BlazingDB uses GPUs to manipulate huge databases in no time by loeg on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @12:36AM (#12485651)
It is implied that mining is how they are familiar with bit error problems in GPUs.
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