Bitcoin Mining Hardware Accelerator with Optimized Message Datapath

Re:Bitcoin Mining Hardware Accelerator with Optimized Messag... by XR0CSWV3h3kZWg on Monday April 02, 2018 @01:16PM (#16736647)

They filed ~2 years too late as far as I can tell.

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Re:Bitcoin Mining Hardware Accelerator with Optimized Messag... by sdhgaiojfsa on Monday April 02, 2018 @01:21PM (#16736718)

I'd guess not? They seem to have patented a particular approach to doing this on-chip, which may or may not have prior art.

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Re:Bitcoin Mining Hardware Accelerator with Optimized Messag... by Obi_Juan_Kenobi on Monday April 02, 2018 @01:27PM (#16736777)

Isn't it first-to-file now?

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Re:Bitcoin Mining Hardware Accelerator with Optimized Messag... by shemnon42 on Monday April 02, 2018 @06:22PM (#16739972)

(a) it is first /inventor/ to file. You cannot patent stuff you (for various values of you) didn't invent. (b) it is still subject to prior art disclosures.

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