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Re:Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around... by zodiac on Friday February 23, 2018 @06:54PM (#16450662)
What's your proposal for a more egalitarian reward model for block producers (in any consensus model)?
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Re:Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around... by curyous on Friday February 23, 2018 @07:04PM (#16450719)
Proof of work, it requires continual investment if you want to get the rewards, not just sitting there watching the cash roll in.
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Re:Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around... by aoeusnth1 on Saturday February 24, 2018 @09:41PM (#16456833)
How is that more egalitarian? It's still a conversion between capital and income.

It's like saying stocks that give dividends are more "egalitarian" because you have to reinvest them in order to gain the same return on investment.

Absurd.

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Re:Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around... by nosuchthing on Friday February 23, 2018 @07:01PM (#16450698)
Equal payment for the same work/processing power.
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Re:Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around... by zodiac on Friday February 23, 2018 @08:00PM (#16450976)
What does that concretely mean?
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