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Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!
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Andrew Gallagher |
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Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...! |
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Fri, 27 May 2016 16:24:33 +0100 |
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On 27/05/16 15:19, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> we have to ask the question of who a PoW scheme
> protects. It basically privileges those who have access to more compute
> power, in an attempt to defend the network against malicious flooders.
PoW is a demonstration that you're willing to waste precious resources
performing a calculation of no conceivable utility. It's the IT
equivalent of lighting a cigar with a hundred dollar bill.
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/bitcoin-is-unsustainable
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- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, (continued)
- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, Christian Felsing, 2016/05/25
- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, Robert J. Hansen, 2016/05/25
- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, Pascal Levasseur, 2016/05/26
- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, Moritz Wirth, 2016/05/26
- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, Robert J. Hansen, 2016/05/26
- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, Martin Papik, 2016/05/27
- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, Pascal Levasseur, 2016/05/27
- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, Kim Minh Kaplan, 2016/05/27
- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, Andrew Gallagher, 2016/05/27
- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, Daniel Kahn Gillmor, 2016/05/27
- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!,
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- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, Gunnar Wolf, 2016/05/27
- Re: [Sks-devel] Oh, Jeeez...!, Robert J. Hansen, 2016/05/27