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Bitcoin mining on a calculator? :)
05-27-2015, 07:16 PM
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RE: Bitcoin mining on a calculator? :)
(05-27-2015 06:49 PM)debrouxl Wrote:  Someone did it several weeks ago on the TI-68k/AMS platform using TIGCC/GCC4TI: https://vimeo.com/123798651 Smile

That's not mining, it's just creating a private key for use with bitcoin. That can be done on any calculator. Converting to a public key using ECC and then SHA256ing and RIPE160ing that, and then base58checking to get a public address to accept funds is some work, but not mining.
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