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Re:Bitcoin Futures Start with a Bang as Rally Trips Circuit ... by keymone on Monday December 11, 2017 @08:03AM (#15896764)
> ASIC resistance ... make sure you can't just throw money at GPU and become the king of the hill; CPU friendly

first of all, asics are specially designed hardware, not gpus

second, switching to actual gpu- or cpu- friendly algorithm comes with it's own drawbacks - anybody controlling large enough botnet can perpetrate 51% attack against you

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