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		vehementi on July 24, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 10,000 Bitcoin Mining ASIC Chips Arrive in Switzer... Am I missing jargon or are they saying terahertz per second?

chmodd on July 24, 2013 | [–]

It's terahash where hash means double sha256 that is used in the bitcoin proof-of-work protocol

jgross206 on July 24, 2013 | [–]

i think its tera-hashes per second

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