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Thousands of These Computers Were Mining Cryptocurrency. Now They're Working on Coronavirus Research

The largest U.S. Ethereum miner is redirecting the processing power of 6,000 specialized computer chips toward research to find a drug for the coronavirus.

ALL TOGETHER NOW: Like a blockchain network, Folding@home marshals thousands of computers from around the world to form a distributed supercomputer for disease research. (Protein image: Shutterstock)
ALL TOGETHER NOW: Like a blockchain network, Folding@home marshals thousands of computers from around the world to form a distributed supercomputer for disease research. (Protein image: Shutterstock)