@bascule ("Spooky RFC5280 Section 4.1.2.7 (SPKI) 🎃👻🦀🌹") wrote:
For new Bitcoin mining hardware to be competitive with the newest generation Antminers it will need to be fabbed with TSMC's 5nm process.
There are currently only 8 TSMC customers who can use this process. Bitmain, the maker of Antminers, is one.
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Square is considering building a Bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon and open source for individuals and businesses worldwide. If we do this, we’d follow our hardware wallet model: build in the open in collaboration with the community. First some thoughts and questions.