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Re:Founders Fund Makes Bet on Bitcoin by Nursie on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @02:21PM (#16054575)
How does the hashing power give it value?

AFAICT it's the other way around - the value makes more hashing economically viable.

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Re:Founders Fund Makes Bet on Bitcoin by cloakandswagger on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @02:32PM (#16054710)
They're complimentary. Bitcoin attracted lots of hashing power due to its value, and its value is reinforced by its hashing power/network security.
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