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ricardobeat on Aug 7, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Proof of Work Without All the Work

> how to use all of the inefficient computer parts laying around the globe for something useful?

How do you reconcile this statement with the fact that mining is done by a few thousand entities in the whole world, using custom-built hardware?

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