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What really pisses me off about this is I can't provide proof anymore that I made use of OtherOS. The later updates removed that functionality.

I remember at that time I was so excited thinking I'd get to use my PS3 as my main machine, my game console, and for bitcoin mining -- and a bluray player. I desperately wanted it to be my entertainment center for all purposes.

Sony didn't want me to be a happy customer.

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You don't need proof as in mathematical proof.

You need proof as in legal proof, i.e. a paper saying "I used it".

Attestation ("I used it") and "proof" are used separately in the quote from the article, implying that the proof must be more that just attestation.

You were planning on mining bitcoins in 2010 already? That's pretty early, hats off to you!

I had a few friends making money on it - I was a dreamer for sure...

At the time I remember there was a team working on hashing functions in hand-tuned assembly for the PS3's Cell processor that would take advantage of it's vector capabilities. I wanted to take their implementations and learn assembly well enough to write my own bitcoin miner. This was long before ASICs became a thing so the PS3 looked like a big money-making opportunity. :-)

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