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Re:Blockchains Considered Harmful: Is Brute-Force Processing... by LAMike on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @07:52PM (#15606601)
Name the most prominent cryptographer that is in favor of PoS, in my research, very few who have studied this science for decades think it's possible.

What's it going to take to make it work?

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Re:Blockchains Considered Harmful: Is Brute-Force Processing... by Ar-Curunir on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @10:09PM (#15607264)
I know no cryptographers that have studied PoW for "decades" in the context of cryptocurrencies. Even Bitcoin itself is less than decade old.
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Re:Blockchains Considered Harmful: Is Brute-Force Processing... by LAMike on Thursday November 02, 2017 @08:39PM (#15615746)
Adam Back came up with the idea of PoW with BitGold I beleive
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