• DocumentCode
    78796
  • Title

    The Bitcoin Arms Race is on!

  • Author

    Peck, Morgen

  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Jun-13
  • Firstpage
    11
  • Lastpage
    13
  • Abstract
    Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency powered by a decentralized peer-to-peer network of computers, has been hot this season. With the exchange rate bobbing around US $100, those involved in creating new bitcoins´ and upholding the network that makes them valuable´ have become locked in an arms race of sorts, seeking new, powerful machines that will enrich them but that could also destabilize the nascent virtual money.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2013.6521016
  • Filename
    6521016