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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Russian Nuclear Scientists used a supercomputer to mine Bitcoin
by
audaciousbeing
on 15/02/2018, 08:33:37 UTC
Well, someone got a little tempted with their facilities to mine. Grin Imagine using government-used supercomputers mining bitcoins, you would make a whole bitcoin I guess in a matter of minutes! It's cool, but, you'll get in trouble for it. The guys were immediately arrested though, so they didn't get the crypto they wanted.

Full story is in here:

https://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/matthew-wilson/russian-nuclear-scientists-arrested-after-trying-to-use-a-supercomputer-for-crypto-mining/

While what they did is largely wrong because of the threats that their actions pose to national threat and its properties because of connectivity to the internet, its still something that is worth to be harnessed in that in every facilities, major breakthrough, mines created, dams built, nuclear stations established, solar installations, alternative power supplies discovered, major oil rigs established, there is always a room for the mining of bitcoin and also cast a doubt on every assumptions and conclusions of people who have been carrying rumors that bitcoin mining is not sustainable because of the high amount of electricity that it needs but this has shown the way that even in our existing facilities bitcoin can be mined and run successfully just some tweaking needed.