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Re:One Bitcoin miner is buying 20,000 16nm wafers from TSMC ... by izuchukwu on Monday January 22, 2018 @05:22PM (#16208558)
Perhaps it might help to consider it equivalent to one converting the value of picks and buckets into value in gold. Just as the picks and buckets are worth what they’re worth, the gold is worth what someone else is willing to pay.
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Re:One Bitcoin miner is buying 20,000 16nm wafers from TSMC ... by greghatch on Monday January 22, 2018 @05:36PM (#16208710)
This analogy is great, thanks.
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