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The Dawn of the Mining Arms Race: ArtForz and the First Bitcoin GPU Farm

In 2010, a pseudonymous miner known as ArtForz launched the first large-scale Bitcoin GPU farm, igniting the mining arms race and permanently altering Bitcoin’s path toward industrialization.

December 16, 2025

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