Hardware as a Differentiator: Block's Unique Approach to Financial Services

Hardware as a Core Competency, The "Apple Ethos" in Payments, Business Model, Ecosystems and Playbooks

Block is building a 3nm Bitcoin mining ASIC. 

Huh? A financial company designing hardware on leading-edge process technology?

This news led me down a rabbit hole of research, and I’m sharing what I learned in a two-part series. 

To grasp Block's Bitcoin strategy, we first need to understand Block’s core businesses and hardware strategy. Part one will prov…