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Re: Bitcoin puzzle transaction ~32 BTC prize to who solves it
by
kTimesG
on 20/03/2025, 15:55:45 UTC
If low-level custom firmware can be developed to give us direct access to the ASIC’s SHA-256 hashing function (without its built-in mining logic), then this approach could work. We could offload the SHA-256 part to the ASIC while handling the rest on the GPU/CPU, creating a hybrid GPU + ASIC system for Bitcoin address generation.

It's easier to simply use two GPUs to increase throughput, instead of trying to solve technical bottlenecks.

Because, before any hashing takes place, a GPU can produce much more public keys then the amount it can transfer out. The memory can't keep up.

An ASIC is required to do everything internally, on-chip.