Bitcoin Surges Past $7,000 to Extend Record Rally

Re:Bitcoin Surges Past $7,000 to Extend Record Rally by bpicolo on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:05PM (#15611602)

I'm not convinced that's true. The government can get ASICs produced more easily than they can produce quality GPUs. GPU procurement at the scale necessary seems like it would be very hard.

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Re:Bitcoin Surges Past $7,000 to Extend Record Rally by kharms on Thursday November 02, 2017 @01:25PM (#15612358)

A government would need to produce ASICs, but would only need to commandeer GPUs. There are massive GPU farms used by various industries, including ones available for rent (aws, etc.)

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