[GNHLUG] MerriLUG: April 2nd 2013 - Bitcoin

[David Rysdam]

On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 14:08:49 -0400, "Marc Nozell (marc at nozell.com)" <nozell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why mine it yourself when you can have others do it for you?
> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/04/06/1448234/new-skype-malware-uses-victims-machines-to-mine-bitcoins

Yeah, I had to laugh at the bullet point in the PPT that mentioned the
computation proved that "work" had been done. I think even investment
bankers, Wall Street speculators and venture capitalists are probably
doing more real work than these guys.