The mechanical prototype shown today is the next evolution of rack disaggregation with separate distributed switching functions.

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It is purely a value transfer protocol and it functions generally in accordance with the same distributed peer-to-peer principles as BitTorrent.

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The trick is a single implanted power source and a distributed system of controllers that will manage several different physical functions.

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