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by epiphany47 5467 days ago
Random thought: If the bitcoin currency fails, would people turn their bitcoin mining rigs into hash cracking rigs? I wonder if it's more economical to be mining bitcoin or to crack hashes.
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Once the Mt. Gox password database leaked, there was a little bit of commentary about how the community had a lot of password-cracking power on tap.