I just read in the newspapers that at the current value of bitcoins and with the Swiss cost of electricity it doesn't pay off to do the calculation to gather bitcoins. You probably would need some computer farms in countries with cheap electricity.
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I just read in the newspapers that at the current value of bitcoins and with the Swiss cost of electricity it doesn't pay off to do the calculation to gather bitcoins. You probably would need some computer farms in countries with cheap electricity.
http://www.geekosystem.com/first-major-bitcoin-theft/Quote:
I then left another virus scanner running and went to sleep. When I woke up I check my bitcoin wallet. I leave the client running to help the network, and I notice -25,000 (and a transaction fee) gone
It was only a matter of time.
A good sign. Bitcoin is acquiring more and more of the characteristics of real money :o