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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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