[cryptography] Bitcoin-mining Botnets observed in the wild? (was: Re: Bitcoin in endgame

[I)ruid]

On Fri, 2012-05-11 at 13:20 -0600, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn wrote:
> See, to deploy 10 GH/s of Bitcoin hash power using FPGA would require
> you to purchase about $10,000 worth of hardware which has no resell
> value except to other Bitcoin miners.

You can currently purchase an FPGA mining rig that produces 25.2 GH/s
from Butterfly Labs for $15,295.00:

http://www.butterflylabs.com/products/

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