Re: Hashcash and GPGPU

On 2012-06-16 16:04, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> Has any work been done to mint tokes using GPUs? I recently purchased to
> Zotac 32-bit PCI cards (I'm out of PCIe slots, and they were only $60) for
> GPGPU work, and figured this would be a great way to mint some fairly
> intense tokens.
>
> Just curious. Seems the project is anything but active, but I thought I'd
> poke any embers that might be left. :)
>

i know for a fact that it could be done - bitcoin is done on GPU and it's 
the same kind of work (calculating hashes). so it has to be implemented in 
the official implementation, otherwise spammers have the advantage.