At least 500 supercomputers around the world are used to mine Bitcoin

a has also become a popular job. Do you know how big a mining supercomputer is? It's as big as a room! Do you know how many such supercomputers are currently involved in Bitcoin mining in the world? The answer is at least 500!

According to Bitcoin Watch, the computing speed of the global Bitcoin network has exceeded 1 exaFLOPS this week, setting a new record. An exaFLOPS is a billion billion floating point calculations per second. In comparison, the computing speed of the world's most powerful supercomputer Sequoia is only 16 petaFLOPS, and petaFLOPS is a quadrillion floating point calculations per second.

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How big is 1 exaFLOPS? Let's make a simple comparison. The most powerful Sequoia only accounts for 1.6% of 1 exaFLOPS, the top ten supercomputers in the world account for 5% together, and even the top 500 supercomputers in the world only account for 12.8%.

Due to the initial setting of Bitcoin, there will be less and less Bitcoin as time goes by. The purpose of this is to prevent Bitcoin inflation, but it also makes mining more and more difficult. Therefore, using more and more precious supercomputers for mining will not only not increase output, but also be a bit of a waste of talent. It's like asking the smartest brains in the world to solve Sudoku for a 5-cent reward.

Nevertheless, as the price of Bitcoin rises, more and more supercomputers are being used to mine, and people have even designed special mining machines that can do nothing but mine. According to Bitcoin Watch, there are more than 500 supercomputers used for mining around the world.