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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by isoskeles on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @10:45PM (#28465633)
Imagine how much Bitcoin we could mine with that kind of energy source...
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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by wsc981 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:04PM (#28465755)
> Imagine how much Bitcoin we could mine with that kind of energy source...

Not much more nor less, since the amount of Bitcoin generated every 10 minutes is controlled by an algorithm independent on how many machines are mining.

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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by dodobirdlord on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:37AM (#28466249)
Yea, but imagine how secure we could make the blockchain! /s
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