Based on today’s bitcoin exchange rate ($8110), this person’s capital would be over $4.05 billion. In 2011, an employee of the company had mined 500 thousand bitcoin within three months, having used self-service terminals, said the head of the company Sergey Solonin during a speech at the Moscow school of communications. At that rate, the value of the mined bitcoins was $5 million. At the current rate of $8110, the value of the cryptocurrency would exceed $4.05 billion. The media reported that the miner was the technical director of the company. However, as the spokesman of Sergey Solonin said in a conversation with Bloomchain, it was a technical specialist – one of the developers. Solonin noted that the story with the developer and the lost 500 thousand bitcoins drew the attention of the company’s management to mining and investment in cryptocurrency. Together with a team of developers the company creates a specialized equipment, which helps to mine tokens. Now they are working on a chip, which will be able to improve capabilities of artificial intelligence and expand neural networks. Earlier it became known that the company finally agreed with Otkritie Holding on completion of the sale of “Rocketbank”. From July 24, “Rocketbank” came under control of the payment service developer. In early June, Qiwi together with banks “Otkritie” and “Tochka” announced the creation of a joint venture — JSC “Tochka”. The tasks of the new structure will include the development of digital banking services for small and medium-sized businesses. |
