There never is when to "big" one is announced. Are you implying knowledge that 
there won't be a future BC z13?

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> There is no "BC" machine... :-)
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> From:   John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com>
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> Date:   15/01/2015 16:40
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> Subject:        z13 unanswered question.
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> I have really enjoyed reading about the z13 and some of the new nifties.
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> And, of course, eventually IBM will give out some harder performance
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> number. But I'll bet there is one geek question which will not be
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> How fast could a fully enabled machine mint bitcoins or other
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> cryptocurrency? How much power would such a machine use while doing so?
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> "Inquiring minds want to know!"
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> 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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> Maranatha! <><
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