ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) miners
ASIC is the abbreviation for "Application Specific Integrated Circuit". These are microchips or processors designed to do a very specific job very well. The Bitcoin ASIC is a very popular one that allows Bitcoins to be mined very efficiently, making it impossible to mine them on a regular computer. ASICs are also being developed for other coins, but they can become unusable after a protocol upgrade, making the blockchain "ASIC-resistant".
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