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thinkmassive on March 29, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: $625M worth of ETH drained on Axie Infinity's Roni...

Bitcoin MINING is only feasible with special purpose hardware, but that's not what was stated:

> 1. Can your "blockchain" be validated with regular hardware?

Bitcoin can be VALIDATED on practically any low end consumer computer, including an early Raspberry Pi.

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