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Re: [WO] Happy π Day! No, a Bitcoin mining ASIC cannot calculate the digits of π.
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nullius
on 15/03/2021, 01:44:06 UTC
⭐ Merited by vapourminer (1) ,JayJuanGee (1)
I am not sure whether I understand the answer in regards to the bitcoin network's calulations and pi.. in other words, how many decimal places of pi could the bitcoin network calculate in 10 minutes versus the 121.1 days that were used by the team of 96vCPUs of Emma Haruka?  Did I miss the answer?

Yes.

Is there an answer?

Yes.

Her team got 31.4 trillion decimal places, and another variation of the question would be how long would it take the bitcoin network to arrive at that number of decimal places of pi?

NaNThe Bitcoin network cannot calculate the digits of π.  Not at all.  Not even one digit.  That is the meaning of “ASIC”.  Furthermore, as I mentioned briefly, the algorithms used to set these pi calculation records are I/O-limited, not CPU-limited.