linear cannon on Nostr: nprofile1q…tvdjy on the note of the cost of the attack from the shattered paper: i ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq0mwq9c623ujjzpql7r4fk090yxrf458sz2egzprw0zn0ca669q9q8tvdjy (nprofile…vdjy) on the note of the cost of the attack from the shattered paper: i did some back-of-napkin math based on the cost of renting more modern GPUs than the ones used in the attack (those were GTX 970s) on a service i presently use to inexpensively rent GPUs, which i use for testing prime number hunting software.
the cost of the attack today, based on my quick math, would be almost exactly $619, if you assume that no time was wasted in setting things up, and you are renting RTX 4090 GPUs.
last time i checked this was, i think, in late 2020. i had a reason to attempt that exact attack, if it was feasible. it was not, i would've still needed closer to $10,000-20,000 at the time (i don't remember the exact figure)
the cost of the attack today, based on my quick math, would be almost exactly $619, if you assume that no time was wasted in setting things up, and you are renting RTX 4090 GPUs.
last time i checked this was, i think, in late 2020. i had a reason to attempt that exact attack, if it was feasible. it was not, i would've still needed closer to $10,000-20,000 at the time (i don't remember the exact figure)