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Can anyone confirm what I suspect - this CPU/GPU usage goes to no cause apart from generating bitcoins? i.e. no force for good - just so you can make a virtual currency that can be traded with real currency?
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It does seem kind of pointless working for absolutely no reason at all other than to get bitcoins
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bitcoins=money, does it seem pointless to you to "work for absolutely no reason at all other than to get money"?Originally Posted by daniel.phillips
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I'm still in halls for the next three weeks.
I.E. No electricity bills! Going to be running this non-stop until I move out, mostly out of curiosity to see if I can actually make a decent amount of money. Albeit, on my measly 27 Mhash/s...
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Haha yeah I phrased that incorrectly, it's obviously not pointless doing it as you get money. But the task itself seems wasted as you are putting in a lot of GPU effort that doesn't actually contribute anything to anyone else, if you see what I mean?
Just imagine if this tied in with F@H, I bet the amount of people folding would increase dramatically.
Last edited by Sprite; 13-05-2011 at 09:19 PM.
Main - Intel Core i5 2300 @ 3.5GHz, 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz RAM, Asus P8P67 Pro, Coolermaster iGreen 600w, GTX 480, Antec One Case
Ah, I begin to see why it's been cutting out.
6970 with full airflow: 100C under full load
5850 with no airflow (blocked in by the 6970): 86C idle.
You can imagine what happens when the 5850 is under load too
I just watched a little introductory video for it, i also struggle to see the actual point in this 'currency'. They claim that you can use it to buy actual stuff, yet its basically free money.
I dont get it!
1. do stuff
2. profit!
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but your not doing anything, your not providing anything for this currency
you must be, or they would be unable to gauge how much of this currency to give you.
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Finally got it to work - had to mess with Catalyst all morning. Had to install 11.2 to get APP installed, then install 11.4 and finally 11.5 to get the APP to the newest version.
Running a 4830 at around 50Mhash/s. Should I be entering any flags that might up the number? The "-v -w128" just lowers it to ~44Mhash/s.
And does anyone know how this plays with gaming? I.e. should I need to stop it when I'm gaming?
Last edited by Queelis; 14-05-2011 at 03:29 PM.
You're processing data, and being paid in what I can only describe as vouchers. These vouchers are then being exchanged at certain places for money on an open market.
Hey Queelis, I use: '-f 0 -w128' on my 4870s, they pull in 85Mhash/s each @ default clocks. -v (Use vectorS) just slows things down.
Kick out a heck of a lot of heat though, and even if I run the client on just one GPU I get a lot of desktop lag.
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Queelis (14-05-2011)
But what you are processing is the maintenance of the secure currency from what i can tell, its just sooooo wacky
You're contributing computer power. They give out a fixed (and decreasing) amount of bitcoins each month (or whatever period of time), these are divided up among those who contributing compute power, with the largest portion going to those who contribute the most power. The more people and computer power that gets involved, the less you get for your contribution.
Beside that it's a bit of a wibbly stock thing.
Last edited by kalniel; 14-05-2011 at 02:38 PM.
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