'Silicon Valley' has inspired a website that monitors Bitcoin's value using death metal
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Warning: mild spoilers for 'Silicon Valley' season 5.
From the fertile mind of Bertram Gilfoyle comes yet another pearl of innovation.
Silicon Valley has been known to foray into the real world with its inventions (see Jian-Yang's Not-Hotdog app).
In a recent episode it was revealed that Satanist coder Gilfoyle mines Bitcoin, but only when it exceeds a certain value. To keep track of when the value of Bitcoin dips below or above this value, Gilfoyle has an alert set up which plays a snippet of “You Suffer” by Napalm Death, a death metal band. Read more...
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