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What does 21 do?

• pault 12y ago
  It's been speculated that they are developing a consumer-oriented hardware bitcoin wallet/node.
  • woah 12y ago
    This would indeed be very lucrative, as it is the missing component for adoption, IMO. I wonder why it's taken them 3 years though.
    • Mahn 12y ago
      There's been Trezor for some time now: https://www.bitcointrezor.com/ https://www.bitcointrezor.com/ Projects like these are great, but they won't drive adoption per se.
    • pault 12y ago
      Hardware is hard; crypto is hard. Most people seem to think the Trezor's usability leaves a lot to be desired.
• bgilroy26 12y ago
  I didn't know either. It looks like they're a company who want to 'take bitcoin mainstream' http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/03/10/secretive-bitcoin-startup-21-reveals-record-funds-hints-at-mass-consumer-play/?mg=id-wsj http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/03/10/secretive-bitcoin-sta...
• Mahn 12y ago
  According to CrunchBase [1]: > 21 Inc is a Bitcoin mining pool. It is working on specially designed chips that will drive new equipment specifically aimed at doing this more efficiently Though I guess that description is outdated now. Go figure. Perhaps they are randomly pivoting bitcoin stuff until something sticks? [1] https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/21e6 https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/21e6