I don't know how accurate any of this is, or how supercomputers or Bitcoin have changed in the past half decade, or how seriously such comparisons can or should

I don't know how accurate any of this is, or how supercomputers or Bitcoin have changed in the past half decade, or how seriously such comparisons can or should be taken, but: The suspects had tried to use one of Russia's most powerful supercomputers to mine Bitcoins 4-5 years ago: the entire bitcoin network is roughly 256 times faster than all the top 500 supercomputers around the globe combined. https://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2013/11/28/global-bitcoin-computing-power-now-256-times-faster-than-top-500-supercomputers-combined/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2013/11/28/global-b...