top | item 27202340 (no title) Franciscouzo | 4 years ago Antminers are for mining Bitcoin, GPUs are mostly used for Ethereum. discuss order hn newest paulmd|4 years ago https://www.coindesk.com/bitmain-antminer-e9-asic-ethereum-m...ethereum is asic-resistant, not asic-proof. It doesn't mean you can't make ASICs, just that ASICs are <10x as efficient as an equivalent-node GPU, vs millions of times more efficient for bitcoin/etc.
paulmd|4 years ago https://www.coindesk.com/bitmain-antminer-e9-asic-ethereum-m...ethereum is asic-resistant, not asic-proof. It doesn't mean you can't make ASICs, just that ASICs are <10x as efficient as an equivalent-node GPU, vs millions of times more efficient for bitcoin/etc.
paulmd|4 years ago
ethereum is asic-resistant, not asic-proof. It doesn't mean you can't make ASICs, just that ASICs are <10x as efficient as an equivalent-node GPU, vs millions of times more efficient for bitcoin/etc.