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Subject:    Re: [cryptography] Bitcoin-mining Botnets observed in the wild? (was: Re: Bitcoin in endgame
From:       Eugen Leitl <eugen () leitl ! org>
Date:       2012-05-13 8:06:06
Message-ID: 20120513080606.GE17120 () leitl ! org
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From: "I)ruid" <druid@caughq.org>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 03:08:27 -0500
To: Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn <zooko@zooko.com>
Cc: Discussion of cryptography and related <cryptography@randombit.net>
Subject: Re: [cryptography] Bitcoin-mining Botnets observed in the wild?
	(was: Re: Bitcoin in endgame
Organization: Computer Academic Underground
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On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 13:20 -0600, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn wrote:
> See, to deploy 10 GH/s of Bitcoin hash power using FPGA would require
> you to purchase about $10,000 worth of hardware which has no resell
> value except to other Bitcoin miners.

You can currently purchase an FPGA mining rig that produces 25.2 GH/s
from Butterfly Labs for $15,295.00:

http://www.butterflylabs.com/products/

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