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What effect will Samsung's dedicated crypto-currency mining ASIC have on the Bitcoin market and on the computer industry in general?
If you're a computer gamer, are you pleased to hear that the demand for high-end graphics cards from within the mining community will likely drop significantly?
Does this add another layer of credibility to the whole crypto-currency concept?
Will Samsung actually make a buck from these ASICs or will we find that crypto-currency is either a fad (or regulated into obscurity by governments), effectively killing demand for the devices?