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Topic: Where does the term Block Erupter come from? (Read 620 times)

newbie
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August 21, 2013, 08:57:14 AM
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Thanks everyone....
sr. member
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It's called Eruptor, because it will eventually burn down your house like a volcanoe erupting in your basement.

Grin and there's also that............
hero member
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It's called Eruptor, because it will eventually burn down your house like a volcanoe erupting in your basement.
newbie
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Because 'Block Disrupter' sends the wrong message.

So does "erupter"...  Tongue
sr. member
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Because 'Block Disrupter' sends the wrong message.
hero member
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Consider it like a brand name. Block Erupter is the brand name for an ASIC bitcoin hashing product
legendary
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If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat
It is just the name they gave to their product. Why calling something galaxy s4, iphone, lumia? Same here, they decided to call their product "block erupter". It is an ASIC mining bitcoins, so the name want you to think about it as something wich erupts blocks  like a volcano  Cheesy
newbie
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I think I understand most newbie stuff about BTC.
I'm curious where the term Block Erupter comes from. The 'Block' bit is obvious, but why's it called an Erupter? Isn't it just a hardware hashing device?
Thanks for enlightening me...
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