Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E5A46B13 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:04:20 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: delayed 00:09:03 by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from jetson-mail (unknown [90.171.36.71]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25463EA for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:04:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from owncloud.betarho.net (owncloud.betarho.net [172.21.128.6]) by jetson-mail (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 31BB662BD5 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:55:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=betarho.net; s=mail; t=1436792115; bh=K5fCR/7IfozRKWwU7CmCm/83U2zk0YPfeMGwR14BReA=; h=Date:From:Subject:To:From; b=P/gtMV1SrvGtMWUmSri//h5yNU5NNqN+05WTt2IbGYxow2eBm9Oi1eoeUbF6Ff9mm +zAyXo/FWpJVNvfbJ4HlDZV5cdLciTa8WuFc5j6VhuA4C6kqlP6vhcFErprRk5a43v xd4ETrWrYgtBCEVZIpsGOYvNYAAl8m+5Tjw4mvmg= Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:55:14 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_165_421399874.1436792114" Message-ID: X-Mailer: RainLoop/1.9.1.333 From: "Alex Barcelo" To: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_PBL, RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Subject: [bitcoin-dev] About hardware accelerators advantages for full-node (not mining) X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:04:21 -0000 ------=_Part_165_421399874.1436792114 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am searching for guidance and opinion in the subject's matter. I will b= egin with my use case, too see whether my ideas makes sense or not.=0A=0A= I have a Jetson TK1[1], which is a GPU (CUDA) powered development board. = I thought that it may be a power-efficient device (in bitcoin environment= ), and thought about having it as a full-node. Either as a public full-no= de, if it makes sense, or a local full-node, to allow my PCs to perform r= elay onto the bitcoind in the Jetson. My idea is to run a bitcoind daemon= on the Jetson as a node with high performance-per-watt (also cheap and r= epurposable). A pure-CPU implementation of bitcoind will clog the CPU=0A= =0AI assume that there are a bunch of heavy-compute highly-parallel funct= ions which could be "outsourced" to a GPU. I may want to fork and/or cont= ribute on that. However, maybe I am speaking nonsense. I have more backgr= ound on parallel programming than my knowledge on bitcoin protocol. So, b= efore coding a complete mess, I wanted to hear some opinions on the idea/= configuration.=0A=0A[1] https://developer.nvidia.com/jetson-tk1 ------=_Part_165_421399874.1436792114 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I= am searching for guidance and opinion in the subject's matter. I will be= gin with my use case, too see whether my ideas makes sense or not.
I have a Jetson TK1[1], which is a GPU (CUDA) powered development board.= I thought that it may be a power-efficient device (in bitcoin environmen= t), and thought about having it as a full-node. Either as a public full-n= ode, if it makes sense, or a local full-node, to allow my PCs to perform = relay onto the bitcoind in the Jetson. My idea is to run a bitcoind daemo= n on the Jetson as a node with high performance-per-watt (also cheap and = repurposable). A pure-CPU implementation of bitcoind will clog the CPU
I assume that there are a bunch of heavy-compute highly-parallel fun= ctions which could be "outsourced" to a GPU. I may want to fork and/or co= ntribute on that. However, maybe I am speaking nonsense. I have more back= ground on parallel programming than my knowledge on bitcoin protocol. So,= before coding a complete mess, I wanted to hear some opinions on the ide= a/configuration.

[1] https://developer.nvidia.com/jetson-tk1

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