Re:Show HN: Peer-to-peer mini r/place with Proof of Work
by quickthrower2 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:38AM
(#38948979)
Terrible for the environment.
Re:Show HN: Peer-to-peer mini r/place with Proof of Work
by mrb on Thursday January 11, 2024 @07:58AM
(#38951628)
Disagree. These puzzles directly benefit scientific research as the output is more efficient open source brute forcing tools (such as this ECDLP solver: https://github.com/JeanLucPons/Kangaroo) which the cryptographic community benefit from.
Re:Show HN: Peer-to-peer mini r/place with Proof of Work
by pcfreak30 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @06:36PM
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Using energy is not "terrible for the environment". if it was, stop using your computer, Xbox, and phone.
Dictating proper usage of energy is no better than dictating "proper" speech.
Oh, and while I support not completely burning our planet, the idea of "going green" is basically as extreme as BTC Maxis saying the USD is going to end tomorrow.
But for me in the end, I still value my rights and freedoms over the planet.
And... that idea apparently pisses a lot of people off.
Re:Show HN: Peer-to-peer mini r/place with Proof of Work
by quickthrower2 on Friday January 12, 2024 @06:25AM
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That is some mental gymnastics. I turned my air conditioner on today while making a coffee. That is one thing. Rich people puzzle games burning $200k of electricity which is probably like 100 suburban mcmansions use in a year is a another.
Puzzle #130 requires about 5.7 times more work (2**2.5) than #125, but BTC has doubled since they solved #125. They have the GPUs already, so opex (electricity, etc) will be their main expense. And even at $0.10/kWh which is pretty average they will also turn a profit solving #130. I estimate anywhere from $30k to $150k in electricity, for a prize of $600k.