Amazon Starts Shipping 21 Bitcoin Computers
Online retail giant Amazon is now shipping 21 Bitcoin Computers, the first product from the industry's best-funded startup 21 Inc. 21 began accepting orders on 21st September, when it revealed the offering along with its broader vision for how it believes the 21 Bitcoin Computer will be used to further development in the field of machine-to-machine payments. Unlike past products aimed at the bitcoin mining market, 21 reiterated in a new blog post it does not intend for its units, which contribute to transaction processing on the bitcoin blockchain, to be optimized for the speculative....
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