2012-12-06 techeye.net - Bitcoin miners build their own chips

[julz]

Bitcoin miners build their own chips
New ways to make cash from the virtual currency

Nick Farrell
2012-12-06

http://news.techeye.net/chips/bitcoin-miners-build-their-own-chips

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The virtual currency Bitcoin has lost traction recently but now those who are mining the coins have turned to custom built chips to do it.
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Then there were a few digital heists and Bitcoin was forgotten.
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What is more strange is that the Bitcoin economy is still not based on actual business transactions. Wordpress is one of the few major brands that accepts Bitcoins. It is possible to buy stuff but only through the Bitcoin community.

[kiba]

We lost traction recently?

[odolvlobo]

We lost traction recently?

Yes. Last year. Remember? What seems like a decade in internet time is just a few months in real time.