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		hiccuphippo 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the L... Too bad the challenge's result is only a waste of electricity. Maybe they should do like some of those alt-coins and search for prime numbers or something similar instead.

bawolff 4 months ago | [–]

Most of those alt-coins are kind of fake/scams. Its really hard to make it work with actually useful problems.

kevincox 4 months ago | [–]

Of course that doesn't directly help the site operator. Maybe it could actually do a bit of bitcoin mining for the site owner. Then that could pay for the cost of accessing the site.

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