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ASIC Boost Support for SHA-256

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:27 am
by bluethundr
Hey guys,

I just read that Slush Pool has added support for ASIC Boost on the SHA-256 algo. Will you be doing the same?

Thanks

Re: ASIC Boost Support for SHA-256

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:30 am
by GregoryGHarding
I beleive ASIC boost is a way to spoof your hashrate if memory serves me correctly. Why would anyone condone that behavior on a PPS pool?

Re: ASIC Boost Support for SHA-256

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:59 pm
by Steve Sokolowski
bluethundr wrote:Hey guys,

I just read that Slush Pool has added support for ASIC Boost on the SHA-256 algo. Will you be doing the same?

Thanks
Is there any documentation about what this is?

I thought that it was a hardware feature that caused the hashrate of the miners to increase, and therefore it has nothing to do with the pool itself.

Re: ASIC Boost Support for SHA-256

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:16 pm
by GregoryGHarding
Steve Sokolowski wrote:
bluethundr wrote:Hey guys,

I just read that Slush Pool has added support for ASIC Boost on the SHA-256 algo. Will you be doing the same?

Thanks
Is there any documentation about what this is?

I thought that it was a hardware feature that caused the hashrate of the miners to increase, and therefore it has nothing to do with the pool itself.
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1604/1604.00575.pdf

Re: ASIC Boost Support for SHA-256

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 3:30 pm
by bluethundr
Also here's a summary of what ASIC boost is: https://themerkle.com/what-is-asicboost/

Re: ASIC Boost Support for SHA-256

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 3:32 pm
by bluethundr
And here's an article about Slush Pool adding ASIC Boost https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/sl ... 1haWwuY29t

Re: ASIC Boost Support for SHA-256

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:34 pm
by ehald225
I have some DragonMint T1 arriving soon and I'd really like to use your pool to mine. Can you confirm ProHashing Sha256 pool is ASICBoost enabled/compatible? I've read in forums and seen online reviews where non ASICBoost pools such as bitmain won't hash or the miner gets connection error.

Re: ASIC Boost Support for SHA-256

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:52 pm
by CSZiggy
Do not believe boost is enabled here.

Re: ASIC Boost Support for SHA-256

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 7:36 am
by Steve Sokolowski
None of these articles provides the technical specifications of what the pool needs to do to support ASICBOOST. Where can we find those?

Re: ASIC Boost Support for SHA-256

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 10:06 am
by gnosis
Try contacting this group: https://www.asicboost.com/

They claim consulting expertise for "The adaption of your mining pool protocol for AsicBoost. SERVICES We provide design services on request around mining with AsicBoost such as RTL, firmware components, mining software, pool software."