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The Evolution of Bitcoin Hardware.

Since its deployment in 2009, Bitcoin has achieved remarkable success and spawned hundreds of other cryptocurrencies. The author traces the evolution of the hardware underlying the system, from early GPU-based homebrew machines to today’s datacenters powered by application-specific integrated circui...

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Published in:Computer (00189162) Vol. 50; no. 9; pp. 58 - 67
Main Author: Bedford Taylor, Michael
Format: Article
Published: IEEE Sep2017
Subjects:
Bitcoin
Hardware
Graphics processing units
Integrated circuits
Cloud computing
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Since its deployment in 2009, Bitcoin has achieved remarkable success and spawned hundreds of other cryptocurrencies. The author traces the evolution of the hardware underlying the system, from early GPU-based homebrew machines to today’s datacenters powered by application-specific integrated circuits. These ASIC clouds provide a glimpse into planet-scale computing’s future.