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OMG! Scientists Arrested For Using Nuclear Supercomputer To Mine Bitcoin

February 14, 2018 TusharBitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Do You Know, High Tech, Internet, News, Nuclear, Russia, Security, Supercomputer, Technology0 comment

One of the pillars of Blockchain and digital currency is mining. Mining is crucial for the maintenance and stability of the entire ecosystem, with miners receiving cryptocoins as a reward for their contribution. Recently, in Russia, several nuclear scientists accused of using the supercomputer present at the Sarov Nuclear Federal Nuclear Power Plant for cryptocurrency mining were detained. The city of Sarov is known for being highly restricted, the site of the genesis of the first nuclear bomb of the former USSR and where one of the most powerful supercomputers…

This Man Built A $53,000 Supercomputer Just To Play Tetris

September 5, 2017 TusharComputer, Do You Know, England, High Tech, Internet, News, Processor, Supercomputer0 comment

It measures 10 meters wide and 2 meters high. It weighs half a ton. It cost $ 53,000. And he has only used it to play Tetris. Such is the description of the “technological son” of James Newman, an electronic engineer who lives in Cambridge, in central England: a homemade “Megaprocessor” which occupies a whole room. Newman started working on the machine in 2012. It contains 40,000 transistors, 10,000 LED lights and consumes about 400 watts of electricity. Despite how daunting it is, it does the same work as a…