<p>It possible to inject hardware detecting code into code of your mining software, but to protect the mechanism you cannot publish it as an open-source. That will make your currency not so popular as others. Even if you will be succesful there are people that will change the Raspberry Pi CPU and pass-by your mechanism. </p>

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2014-12-03T23:44:58.363Z
2014-12-03T23:44:58.363Z
Sebastian Xawery Wiśniowiecki
<p>Is it possible to create a cryptocurrency software that can run efficiently on a raspberryPi and has a mechanism to detect (based on maximum coin production?) if a node is using a better computer so the swarm rejects it's coins? </p>

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2014-12-03T23:45:17.153Z
possible duplicate of [Is there an altcoin that is only feasible to mine by CPU?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/17429/is-there-an-altcoin-that-is-only-feasible-to-mine-by-cpu)
Greg Hewgill
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2014-12-04T05:06:30.083Z
@GregHewgill: Not a duplicate.  This question wants a mining algorithm that not only can only run on a CPU, but only on the CPU of a Raspberry Pi.
Nate Eldredge
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2014-12-04T15:53:06.080Z
How would you be able to tell the difference between a thousand people with their own Raspberry Pis and one person with a very fast computer? You can solve a block with a different address every time, so there's not really a way to know.
morsecoder
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Is new cryptocurrency that runs only in raspberry pi possible?
vkefallinos
# Is new cryptocurrency that runs only in raspberry pi possible?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-03)

Is it possible to create a cryptocurrency software that can run efficiently on a raspberryPi and has a mechanism to detect (based on maximum coin production?) if a node is using a better computer so the swarm rejects it's coins?

**Tags:** currencies, raspberry-pi

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: possible duplicate of [Is there an altcoin that is only feasible to mine by CPU?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/17429/is-there-an-altcoin-that-is-only-feasible-to-mine-by-cpu)  
> **username_2**: @username_1: Not a duplicate.  This question wants a mining algorithm that not only can only run on a CPU, but only on the CPU of a Raspberry Pi.  
> **username_3**: How would you be able to tell the difference between a thousand people with their own Raspberry Pis and one person with a very fast computer? You can solve a block with a different address every time, so there's not really a way to know.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2014-12-03. Score: 2

It possible to inject hardware detecting code into code of your mining software, but to protect the mechanism you cannot publish it as an open-source. That will make your currency not so popular as others. Even if you will be succesful there are people that will change the Raspberry Pi CPU and pass-by your mechanism.


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