Bitcoin mining is being banned in countries across the globe

Re:Bitcoin mining is being banned in countries across the globe by bob1029 on Monday January 10, 2022 @01:37PM (#29879351)

This is precisely what I was referring to. I sometimes wonder if the dev community has blinders on regarding how much elegance lives with this technique.

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Re:Bitcoin mining is being banned in countries across the globe by anthonygd on Monday January 10, 2022 @02:36PM (#29880599)

Why do you suspect blinders? Do you know of many cases where the disruptor pattern should be used by isn't?

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Re:Bitcoin mining is being banned in countries across the globe by bob1029 on Monday January 10, 2022 @03:28PM (#29881753)

> Do you know of many cases where the disruptor pattern should be used by isn't?

The disruptor pattern is the way to solve any problem where you need to process events/transactions/commands/et. al. in a serialized fashion [0] as quickly as possible.

This problem space involves almost all business software, databases, simulations, etc.

I do not know of any other technique that would allow for faster serial processing of data, especially when controlling for practical applicability.

When I refer to blinders, I think I am mostly pointing to the ignorance regarding what is actually possible with the hardware (if you get the software out of its way). Any other technique involving cache-friendly structures, ring buffers, etc. is in the same league as far as I am concerned.

[0] To be as clear as possible, "serialized" in this context means that the consequences of event #1 may alter how event #2 would be processed, and so on.

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