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		clef on March 27, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apps with millions of Google Play downloads covert... Didn't this idea start with SETI@home in the 90's ?

incomethax on March 27, 2014 [–]

The idea of sharing computation cycles certainly did, however, converting those computation cycles into currency so it can fuel other "real" work is most definitely a by-product of bitcoin.

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