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Re:Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around... by jacobr on Friday February 23, 2018 @05:56PM (#16450359)
With PoW you use your money to buy mining equipment and you will get more money, and voting power. With PoS you buy more of the currency with that money instead.
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Re:Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around... by s73v3r_ on Friday February 23, 2018 @07:57PM (#16450970)
Right, but the rest of us also have to suffer due to the economic repercussions (or being unable to get an affordable graphics card without waiting forever)
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Re:Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around... by aianus on Saturday February 24, 2018 @01:08AM (#16451995)
Just pay more for the card and you can have one whenever you want. Isn't that what HN thinks employers should "just" do with tech talent because "there is no real shortage"?
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Re:Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around... by econ_th0 on Friday February 23, 2018 @09:24PM (#16451268)
the economist would say...

"affordable" is a opinion.

the market price is the market price, if you want one you have to pay more.

you are not entitled to a good at the price you think is "fair"

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