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Re:Bitcoin has computed 2^83.9 hashes by foota on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @04:41PM (#10976329)
New distributed currency system sponsored by the NSA: breaking RSA keys for profit.
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Re:Bitcoin has computed 2^83.9 hashes by ultramancool on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @04:45PM (#10976361)
I was thinking more... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_Factoring_Challenge

But yes, that could totally be done! Only problem is everyone would have the result, which I don't think they'd like too much.

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