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Title: "A bitcoin miner in every device and in every hand"
Author: Sami Samhuri
Date: "19th May, 2015"
Timestamp: 2015-05-18T19:53:54-07:00
Link: https://medium.com/@21dotco/a-bitcoin-miner-in-every-device-and-in-every-hand-e315b40f2821
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> A wide variety of new internet-connected devices require an associated SAAS subscription to work. Rather than paying a number of different subscription bills, by including the right-sized 21 BitShare with the device one can under many scenarios wholly or partially defray the expense of the cloud service.

I've joked about shipping apps that mine bitcoins instead of showing ads. Now hardware vendors can easily do the same thing. We live in interesting times.
