Will GPU mining end after the Merge (formerly called ETH 2.0)?

Re:Will GPU mining end after the Merge (formerly called ETH ... by manarth on Monday July 11, 2022 @08:25AM (#32055206)

ML for cancer-diagnosis of image-scans? Identification of endangered species? Translating dying languages?

I get the point you're making, and would add that some ML applications bring tangible benefits to humanity which are proportionate to their energy consumption.

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Re:Will GPU mining end after the Merge (formerly called ETH ... by darthrupert on Monday July 11, 2022 @11:10AM (#32057188)

Yep they certainly do. I'm sure there are also some ethically sound blockchain implementations out there somewhere.

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Re:Will GPU mining end after the Merge (formerly called ETH ... by jvanderbot on Monday July 11, 2022 @11:23AM (#32057344)

I'm skeptical. How?

You'd need a "proof of ethics" and that seems technologically dubious.

Or, you'd be using blockchain to create an ethical application, and whatever benefits are realized by the application are probably not best provided by blockchain.

Using computing to compute meaningful data is directly justified or at least directly measurable.

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Re:Will GPU mining end after the Merge (formerly called ETH ... by popcorncowboy on Monday July 11, 2022 @10:09AM (#32056371)

There's a token for that. /s

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