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Re:Frugal Computing (2021) by user-the-name on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:34AM (#30442125)
That hasn't been the case for most of the decade. I already told you what does: Completely custom-built hardware that can do nothing but bitcoin mining, such as Antminers.

For instance, here is a shipping container that burns 1 megawatt of power in a pure and complete waste of energy and carbon emissions: https://shop.bitmain.com/product/detail?pid=0002021123118285...

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Re:Frugal Computing (2021) by 0thgen on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @01:49PM (#30444731)
alright, in that case you're right, the processors seem wasteful

though interestingly, the specialized processors alkso seem like an example of a second order effect of bitcoin: driving innovation towards more energy efficiency. (though the tradeoff here seems to be wasting materials versus wasting energy)

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