Article 9QZP Chap mines Bitcoin with PUNCH CARDS and ancient mainframe

Chap mines Bitcoin with PUNCH CARDS and ancient mainframe

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Story ImageIBM Model 1401 can hash, will produce a Bitcoin some time after the Sun explodes

Vintage hardware enthusiast Ken Shirriff has shown that a model 1401 mainframe, which IBM announced in 1959, can mine Bitcoin. If, that is, your definition of mining includes "chugging away at the problem until pretty close to the heat-death of the universe.""

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