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Does the Raspberry Pi 4's processor support ARM's SHA256 instructions?

According to Wikipedia, every Armv8 processor should support sha256 hashing instructions however /proc/cpuinfo doesn't list it. Could there be a failure to identify the feature by the kernel? ...
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How to nest 4 Gpu with Raspberry Pi 4 Model B? [closed]

currently i'm trying to nest 4 Gpus with my Raspberry Pi 4 Model B RAM 8GB. could anyone told me how to do it ? i would to use Raspberry Pi to Mining Crypto.
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Confused on how to increase speed of crypto mining (Raspberry Pi 3B+)

According to the top answer on this post, this guy is getting 400/KH per Pi. I'm getting something like 10. The command I'm running just includes the pool stratum, my worker name, and password. No ...
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I can´t connect to my raspi bitcoin rpc server

I am running a bitcoin rpc server on my raspi and I can connect to it using local bitcoin-cli, but not externally from a windows on the same LAN. I tried installing ufw and disabling firewall on my ...
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How to make money with a Raspberry Pi? [closed]

I have a couple 3Bs, and a 4B4. The 3Bs are not in use now, so is there any way to make money with them? Selling them is not an option. Looking for a way to 'sell' their processing power over the ...
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How many blocks can a RPi 2B load per day as a Bitcoin full node?

My Raspi 2B is running a full node over a >20MBit/s internet provider (I subtracted another) and it seems that it only loads about 6 blocks a day which would amount to about 1GB per day. Is it ...
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Increase CPU for raspberry pi 3b+

I am running a Bitcoin Full Node on Raspberry pi 3b+. Blockchain sync is dead slow because of less CPU. Is there a way to add additional CPU to a pi board. or connecting additional pi to the same Hard ...
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Unable to install libcurl4-gnutls-dev libjansson-dev in Raspbian

I am new to Linux OS's, but I purchased a Raspberry Pi recently, so I can run my usb moonlander 2 scrypt miner because of the low energy consumption (since mining Alt Coins in CA is expensive). I am ...
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Using Cluster to Mine Cryptocurrency

Would mining cryptocurrency with a cluster of four Raspberry Pi 3's be any more efficient than just adding them to an existing mining pool and having them all mine separately? Would a Raspberry Pi ...
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uninstall a recently installed app

I installed lnd (lighgning network daemon) using the below command. sudo install -m 0755 -o root -g root -t /usr/local/bin lnd-linux-armv7-v0.5.1-beta/* What's the cleanest way to remove/rollback ...
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Can I use the same Monero miner on 32bit and 64bit os?

I'm mining Monero with my raspberry pi and everything's working just fine. Now I found out that the original (by the raspberry community/devs) os (Raspbian) is only 32bit... To increase my RPis ...
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What is the most profitable coin to mine on a Raspberry Pi? [closed]

Please if you think mining on a RPi is absolutely pointless please note that I don't pay for my electricity and I'm only doing this because I'm interested in crypto stuff and not because I want to get ...
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The Hashrate of the Raspberry Pi 2 and 3

I've been searching for a definitive answer to the above question, but somehow only seem to find semi-true statements (according to replies to these statements), or very outdated answers (for example ...
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Creating a Raspberry Pi Zero cluster for crypto mining [closed]

I'm looking to mine crypto on a Raspberry Pi Zero, now I don't mean coins like Bitcoin or Ethereum, I mean ones that are easier to mine. I have read a Pi Zero can do about 10 H/s which would make ...
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A full bitcoin node using Raspberry Pi 3

This would be my first attempt at purchasing and using the pi for any use-case. I am attempting to build a full bitcoin node using raspberry pi (which is I/O heavy). I plan to purchase the a.) ...
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Using Ethereum puppeth in raspberry pi

I have installed geth(go ethereum) client on a Raspberry Pi 2 using the below steps. wget https://gethstore.blob.core.windows.net/builds/geth-linux-arm7-1.8.2-b8b9f7f4.tar.gz tar -xvf geth-linux-...
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Crypto/Virtual currency miner?

I am wondering if I can use few Raspberry Pi's in a stack in order to mine crypto currencies. It seems there are two types of currencies: Ones for which a CPU is powerful enough for mining (few, ...
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Would a Raspberry Pi run a Cryptocurrency Mining Pool

I am thinking about setting up a pool for mining cryptocurrency that uses neoscrypt. Would a Raspberry Pi have enough processing power to do this? I would run the Pi 24/7. Would this be reliable?
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Bytecoin mining on Raspberry Pi

Recently I found out about cryptonight algorithms, Bytecoin in specific. I have about 20 Raspberry Pi’s here and I would like to know if cryptonight mining is possible on ARM processors. I am also ...
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CGMiner - Icarus Detect Failed

This question is about bitcoin mining with cgminer. I have been running raspberry PI with 4 ASICMINER Block Erupter connected to Pi Hub for 5 days with no problems. Yesterday I checked the modules ...
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Is it possible to mine Bitcoins?

Obviously, the RPi can be used to mine Bitcoins on the CPU, but this would be very slow. Is it possible to use the GPU to mine Bitcoins?