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by kaptainscarlet 249 days ago
Compute resources.
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So like Bitcoin?
Not the same, since if you buy Bitcoin, you don't have partial ownership of the machines used to mine and also these machines being used for a singular purpose which you cannot change.
It is backed by AMD stockholders, whose stock just got diluted.

It's like in that movie "Social network"

And high end networking gear will always have a buyer, right Nortel?
Lucent agrees: even used, the product will retain 90% of list price because the market has an infinite number of VC-backed buyers.