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A comment on Ask HN: Can FHE solve the PoW energy problem?.

Re:Ask HN: Can FHE solve the PoW energy problem? by rdbell on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:21AM (#30147589)
I’m not sure what the FHE part of your proposal is trying to solve but to address the main point, the “Work” in Proof of Work needs to be useless apart from securing the network.

https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/97030/beginners-...

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Re:Ask HN: Can FHE solve the PoW energy problem? by klhugo on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:45AM (#30147765)
That is a very, very good point. I have no counter arguments. Thanks for sharing!
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