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If they are asic's the algorithm is set in silicone, you can only reuse them if they are FPGA based.
Depends on how "specific" that ASIC is.... at best, it would probably be usable as a SHA256 accelerator, but not much more than that.
Quote from: senso on June 10, 2014, 06:40:05 amIf they are asic's the algorithm is set in silicone, you can only reuse them if they are FPGA based.I guess you meant silicon
Quote from: amyk on June 10, 2014, 11:02:48 amDepends on how "specific" that ASIC is.... at best, it would probably be usable as a SHA256 accelerator, but not much more than that.I *think* Bitcoins use double SHA256 so AFAIK ASIC miners would only be useful for applications requiring two rounds of SHA256.