<necrodearia> I am discussing with a couple of our twelve members of the bitcoind team. There has been some discussion of offering consultation types of services while I was gone.
<dr_jesus> er, ok
<necrodearia> Mm, during the Bitcoin micro party at Noisebridge, someone approached me and identified themselves as dr_jesus on IRC. Was that you?
<necrodearia> Actually, it was the day before the party.
<dr_jesus> Yeah.
<necrodearia> Alright. Just making sure.
<necrodearia> I forgot your name. Did you tell it to me?
<dr_jesus> I go by my nick for Noisebridge related stuff.
<necrodearia> Okay
<necrodearia> Are you still interested in the idea I mentioned previously about establishing a Bitcoin mining operation that is affiliated with and possibly even hosted at Noisebridge as a means to generate profits to additionally contribute towards funding the costs of running Noisebridge?
<dr_jesus> Sure
<necrodearia> Okay. Firstly, I suggest organizing existing Bitcoin enthusiasts that visit Noisebridge recurringly to help organize and manage such an operation; perhaps a wiki page or collaboration on the mailing list.
<dr_jesus> It's really just me
<necrodearia> mm
<necrodearia> Well
<necrodearia> Are you trying to establish profits for yourself or for Noisebridge?
<dr_jesus> Noisebridge
<necrodearia> Okay. I suggested organizing with others so that you aren't reliant upon trusting me or other bitcoiners from my mining operation and can review such informations with those at Noisebridge (perhaps as part of the recurring Bitcoin meetings that may occur
<dr_jesus> My main goal is to put the huge pile of hardware that Noisebridge is responsible for to some kind of useful work
<necrodearia> Well, for starters, most importantly, to participate in mining efficiently, you will need to use GPU processing and not CPU processing.
<necrodearia> See https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison
<dr_jesus> Yeah, I know
<dr_jesus> Like I told you when I was there, I have plenty of chassis which can take GPUs
<necrodearia> Okay, great
<dr_jesus> I'm looking into getting some
<dr_jesus> We already have a CUDA box there
<dr_jesus> And a PS3
<necrodearia> I recommend ATI Radeon HD5970s
<dr_jesus> I know :)
<necrodearia> Otherwise soon the 6970s and 6990s may be cost effective
<necrodearia> Key members of our private Bitcoin mining operation that are experienced with the intricacies of hardware and miner optimizations currently are a bit relunctant to offer consultations to others freely, however, there is still some discussion occuring amongst us.
<necrodearia> Alternatively you can ask practically anything in #bitcoin, #bitcoin-dev channels or on the forum and receive lots of free information.
<dr_jesus> Ok
<dr_jesus> I was thinking of writing a PS3 version of the software to see how that performs
<necrodearia> That would be interesting.
<necrodearia> https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison#Consoles
<necrodearia> It appears performance is not so good.
<dr_jesus> I'm not buying that it's as optimized as it could be
<necrodearia> Well, in regards to Mhash/W rate. It will cost more electricity to generate than for example a computer with a 5970
<dr_jesus> I'm not too worried about that, I'm probably going to use some of the spare capacity from the market downstairs
<necrodearia> Okay
<necrodearia> Hiya.
<necrodearia> The difficulty for mining bitcoin is rapidly increasing that even 20 5970s now generate only 1-2 blocks/day
<dr_jesus> Yup
<necrodearia> Also consider FPGAs and ASICs
<dr_jesus> Making our own asic is kind of out of our budget :)
<necrodearia> Oh, also... If Noisebridge establishes an official Bitcoin address for donations, then Noisebridge can also participate as a charity at my site by visiting http://witcoin.com/charities
<dr_jesus> Sure
<necrodearia> #bitcoinconsultancy was established separate from the private bitcoin mining operation that I am part of. #bitcoinconsultancy is free and open to public. You're welcome to join for a more personalized discussion since the channel has only 10 users (for now) instead of ~400.
<mizerydearia> Also there is now http://bitcoinconsultancy.com/ and http://bitcoinconsultancy.com/wiki