
The Interview - The Electrodollar: Venture Capitalism, Technology, and Silicon Valley
Real Vision: Finance & Investing
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The Story of Nico Poonen
"I ended up meeting this kid named Nico Poonen was mining in Finland. And his apartment was full of machines basically mining and I got to know him," he says. "Over the years, he and some other people in the open source community got together and pooled their assets." The chip that became Bitfury's main computational device is based on an ASIC made by Google Maps employee 13.
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