21 BTCFirst public GPU miner
In plain words
10 May 2010: Laszlo Hanyecz announces a working OpenCL prototype that mines on a video card, faster than his CPU.
What happened
Laszlo Hanyecz announces a working OpenCL prototype that mines on a video card, faster than his CPU.
“I have a working prototype of Bitcoin generation with OpenCL.”
People: Laszlo Hanyecz.
See also
- MiningMining is the work that adds new blocks to Bitcoin. Miners run special computers (ASICs) that guess numbers; the winner of each round earns the block subsidy and the fees.
- HashrateHashrate is how many guesses per second all Bitcoin miners make together. More hashrate means more energy protecting the network.
- Bitcoin Pizza DayOn 22 May 2010 Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas, the first well-known purchase of real goods with bitcoin. 22 May is now celebrated as Bitcoin Pizza Day.
- Laszlo HanyeczLaszlo Hanyecz: Early developer; first public GPU miner; bought two pizzas for 10,000 BTC. Released an OpenCL GPU miner in May 2010 and maintained early Mac OS builds. On 22 May 2010 he paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas, now celebrated as Bitcoin Pizza Day.
- Laszlo HanyeczLaszlo Hanyecz: Early developer; first public GPU miner; bought two pizzas for 10,000 BTC. Released an OpenCL GPU miner in May 2010 and maintained early Mac OS builds. On 22 May 2010 he paid 10,000 BTC for two pizzas, now celebrated as Bitcoin Pizza Day.
References
- bitcointalk.org bitcointalk.org