Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> forwards:

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/508061/custom-chips-could-be-the-shovel...

Custom Chips Could Be the Shovels in a Bitcoin Gold Rush

I guess the main lesson from this (well, the second lesson after the fact that Extraordinary Popular Delusions needs a new chapter) is that if you're doing password hashing, use anything but SHA-256. Peter.