Here's some irony: Embedding cryptographic processors in consumer devices to do massively parallel, low-communication work on behalf of a third party was once

Here's some irony: Embedding cryptographic processors in consumer devices to do massively parallel, low-communication work on behalf of a third party was once called "chinese lotto" or "chinese lottery". See http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3607.txt http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3607.txt and its references..