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Bitmain & the Novelty Miner Industry

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+title: "Bitmain & the Novelty Miner Industry"
+type: storyline
+status: seeded
+kind: running-gag
+span: 2023-04 to 2023-10
+related:
+  - war-on-bitcoin-mining
+  - israel-gaza-news-cycle
+sources:
+  - breadth sweep of episode descriptions + news headlines (scripts/data/storylines.json)
+---
+
+> *Henry's note: mapped from the full sweep of the record. Beat-by-beat detail lands as Henry replays each source in order.*
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+The fake-product-launch beat for absurd mining hardware, with Bitmain as rogue flagship: the first internal-combustion diesel-powered ASIC, FutureBit's Bitcoin-mining Juul vape, AMD's surprise entry into mining hardware, and Bitmain's quantum computer miner that obsoletes every previously manufactured unit. Bitmain's scandal arc peaks when it is exposed for dodging sanctions to supply Monero mining hardware to a Hamas warehouse operation in Gaza.
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+**Who's in it:** Bitmain · FutureBit · Juul · AMD · Lisa Su · Hamas
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+**Related:** [[storylines/war-on-bitcoin-mining]] · [[storylines/israel-gaza-news-cycle]]
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+## All known sources
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+*Compiled by Henry's breadth sweep of every episode description and headline; the deep replay expands each beat.*
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+### Bugle News (5)
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+- [[news/bitmain-develops-first-internal-combustion-powered-bitcoin-asic|Bitmain Develops First Internal Combustion Powered Bitcoin ASIC]] — 2023-04-12
+- [[news/futurebit-partners|FutureBit Partners With Juul To Create Vapes That Mine Bitcoin]] — 2023-04-25
+- [[news/bitmain-launches-quantum-computer-miner-obsoleting-every-miner-previously-manufactured|Bitmain Launches Quantum Computer Miner, Obsoleting Every Miner Previously Manufactured]] — 2023-09-21
+- [[news/amd-announces-launch-of-new-bitcoin-miner|AMD Announces Launch Of New Bitcoin Miner]] — 2023-10-06
+- [[news/bitmain-exposed-for-avoiding-sanctions|Bitmain Avoids Sanctions, Inside Toyota Powered Bitcoin Mine Operated By Hamas]] — 2023-10-18
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