Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day...
by kens on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:04PM
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Author here; I was surprised to see this on HN today. Let me know if you have any questions!
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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day...
by rkagerer on Monday February 15, 2021 @05:47PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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