Re:I am (not) a failure: Lessons learned from six failed sta...
by lisper on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:24PM
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https://blog.rongarret.info/2023/04/a-systematic-critique-of...
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Re:I am (not) a failure: Lessons learned from six failed sta...
by LAMike on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @05:33PM
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His arguments about the feasibility of a 51% attack are off by an order of magnitude, and the fact that you can't easily reduce the amount of energy needed to mine is a feature, not a bug
Re:I am (not) a failure: Lessons learned from six failed sta...
by lisper on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @05:47PM
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> His arguments about the feasibility of a 51% attack are off by an order of magnitude,
About that:
https://blog.rongarret.info/2023/04/bitcoins-value-propositi...
(I'm the author, BTW.)
> and the fact that you can't easily reduce the amount of energy needed to mine is a feature, not a bug
We'll have to agree to disagree about that. Most people consider gross inefficiency a bug, especially when that inefficiency is a necessary part of the design.