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Re:Intel unveils BonanzaMine, a Bitcoin accelerator ASIC by danuker on Monday February 21, 2022 @10:26AM (#30416867)
The IT hardware industry has been deflating for, what, half a century now (Moore's law).? Yet nothing bad happened.
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Re:Intel unveils BonanzaMine, a Bitcoin accelerator ASIC by qeternity on Monday February 21, 2022 @10:37AM (#30417000)
This has nothing to do with inflation or deflation, which are very specific concepts.
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Re:Intel unveils BonanzaMine, a Bitcoin accelerator ASIC by ouid on Monday February 21, 2022 @10:28AM (#30416883)
That is inflation. Transistors have gotten less valuable.
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Re:Intel unveils BonanzaMine, a Bitcoin accelerator ASIC by danuker on Monday February 21, 2022 @10:34AM (#30416955)
It is transistor-inflation, where we print up tons of transistors. It is the opposite of currency-inflation, where we print up tons of currency, driving prices UP.
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