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Google Simulates Fruit Fly Brain to Mine Bitcoin in Browser Proof of Concept

HashFly uses a digital neural model for Bitcoin hashing, with FutureBit claiming real organic neurons could outperform silicon ASICs.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 20 Sept 2026 · updated 47d ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 20 Sept 2026. Latest from Tom's Hardware published first, on 20 September at 09:40 UTC; decrypt.co followed 32h 06m later. The most recent article, from decrypt.co, appeared on 21 September at 17:46 UTC.

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  1. Can a Fruit Fly Brain Mine Bitcoin? These Companies Are Testing It decrypt.co
  2. Google's simulated fruit fly brain 'mines Bitcoin' in web browser proof of concept — FutureBit says real organic neuron miner could have '10x the efficiency of the best silicon 3nm ASICs' Latest from Tom's Hardware

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