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Re:The first Bitcoin post on HN by DanBC on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @01:53PM (#6763442)
That's a tortuously inefficient way to get electricity.
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Re:The first Bitcoin post on HN by moocowduckquack on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @02:07PM (#6763541)
Surely it is just what bitcoin miners have been doing anyway, the difference remaining being their profit.
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