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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by kens on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:04PM (#26147370)
Author here; I was surprised to see this on HN today. Let me know if you have any questions!
Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by rkagerer on Monday February 15, 2021 @05:47PM (#26148624)
I remember this article - thanks for sharing, it was fun!

Did you do any practice ones before you recorded it? How many mistakes did you make along the way? :-)

Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by kens on Monday February 15, 2021 @06:11PM (#26148890)
I did a couple of practices before recording this. The main thing was figuring out the best way to fit everything on a page so it made sense and I didn't run out of space.

I had one of the completed practice sheets next to me so I could check against it while I was recording and not mess up. I also verified the data against computer output before recording.

Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by hnrodey on Monday February 15, 2021 @06:12PM (#26148911)
Fantastic set of articles. Best stuff I've read on the internet recently.

Thank you.

Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by AlphENsign_Tech on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @02:03PM (#26157464)
I would say the entire Ken Shirriff's blog site is amazing. A lot of very interesting system's articles there.
Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by jart on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @09:11AM (#26153995)
Is it true that you mined coins on the Apollo Guidance Computer?
Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by theblazehen on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @09:31AM (#26154151)