Why am I having visions of government agencies showing up to confiscate the "server" that was dealing in bitcoins?
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 11:20 AM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: [EXTERNAL] z13 unanswered question. I understand the scenario you describe, John (defined capacities, reliance on "shoot above" room). I typed out a long and geeky explanation for how there might still be some room in the deepest discretionary cellar even in that scenario, but it's too academic and too much topic drift. I simply don't recommend Bitcoin mining, on or off your mainframe. ....Steering back to the IBM z13, for the record, in my view it's unlikely that Bitcoin mining would be a good workload fit on z13 processors. However, it's likely an IBM z System would be a superb server for Bitcoin payment processing and Bitcoin exchanges, as it already is for other currencies. The Bitcoin ecosystem has many persistent problems, including security problems, and that'd be another reason to consider an IBM z System. Now, where did I put those 6 yellow tulips. No, make that 8 tulips, and I'd better run. I need to go buy some milk.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
