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Deliberately wasting energy to achieve an orthogonal goal always struck me as a very 'unengineering' solution to a problem. Almost every other project is optimized for efficiency but bitcoin is the opposite. Sure, it was a clever solution to bombproof security at the time but I always felt this was its Achilles heel.
Re:Decentralising the web: Why is it so hard to achieve? on Monday August 06, 2018 @08:28AM (#17697010)
It's been updated today and Gun gets a mention!