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Re:One Bitcoin miner is buying 20,000 16nm wafers from TSMC ... by mozumder on Monday January 22, 2018 @04:46PM (#16208220)
And the point of blockchain is to set a minimum difficulty level of work, which translates to a minimum energy use.
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Re:One Bitcoin miner is buying 20,000 16nm wafers from TSMC ... by jstanley on Monday January 22, 2018 @05:13PM (#16208482)
It translates to a maximum cost per hash calculation, which becomes a minimum level of energy efficiency.
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