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Re:Ask HN: What industries need bare metal hand tuned perfor... by monero-xmr on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:39PM (#35997462)
Cryptocurrency requires money to pay for transactions. The most performant pieces of smart contracts by the best firms are written in assembly, as this saves money. The crypto industry has been the primary financial motivator for advancement in formal verification technology over the past few years.
Re:Ask HN: What industries need bare metal hand tuned perfor... by k0k0r0 on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:46PM (#35997513)
I really appreciate the reply and found another no-option. I would like to do something less... "abstract". I would definitly agree that crypto has meaningful usecases, but I guess it is not so easy to find those that are meaningful to me.
Re:Ask HN: What industries need bare metal hand tuned perfor... by monero-xmr on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:50PM (#35997537)
No problem. It sounds like you are in an experimental time of life. The author of this book encourages piracy:

https://www.resistance.money/research/library/to%20be%20orga...

Read it and maybe it will encourage you to rethink your disapproval of working in crypto.