Reply to post: Re: no mention of bitcoin mining

2 + 2 = 4, er, 4.1, no, 4.3... Nvidia's Titan V GPUs spit out 'wrong answers' in scientific simulations

CrazyOldCatMan Silver badge

Re: no mention of bitcoin mining

reinstate the bite-test

Which, with gold coins, was mostly to test wether they were adulterated with lead. Some unscrupulous moneylenders or mints would use it to make the expensive stuff go further thus creating more profit.

Just as well our financial institutions today are not that unethical eh?

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