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Reading old logs may also reveal something about the project Vitalik had before getting involved with Ethereum: Selling access to his quantum computer ... for m
by xorcist 9y ago
Reading old logs may also reveal something about the project Vitalik had before getting involved with Ethereum: Selling access to his quantum computer ... for mining Bitcoins.
Strange how the PR puff pieces around Ethereum never seem to mention this project. Amazing also how the quantum computer seems to disappear as the pre-mined coins were sold off.
- krrrh 9y agoIt was even weirder than that. He believed he could gain an edge on bitcoin mining by simulating a quantum computer with a conventional computer. https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/buterins-quantum-quest/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/buterins-quantum-quest/
- xorcist 9y agoThat is a charitable interpretation. Had he truly believed in the concept himself, why did he feel the need to hunt down millions of old dollars from "investors"?
- sobani 9y agoYou mean he realized the quantum computing idea wasn't going to work, so he moved on to a different idea?