'Silicon Valley' has inspired a website that monitors Bitcoin's value using death metal

Warning: mild spoilers for 'Silicon Valley' season 5.

From the fertile mind of Bertram Gilfoyle comes yet another pearl of innovation.

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Silicon Valley has been known to foray into the real world with its inventions (see Jian-Yang's Not-Hotdog app). 

In a recent episode it was revealed that Satanist coder Gilfoyle mines Bitcoin, but only when it exceeds a certain value. To keep track of when the value of Bitcoin dips below or above this value, Gilfoyle has an alert set up which plays a snippet of “You Suffer” by Napalm Death, a death metal band. Read more...

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