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> It's thermodynamically sound Due to the algorithms being inefficient If that is resolved then the entire history will be suspect And any thermodynamically

> It's thermodynamically sound Due to the algorithms being inefficient If that is resolved then the entire history will be suspect And any thermodynamically similar future will have to compete on constants and exponents Or you could regulate the hardware, 'this blockchain is only compatible with, and so calculated on, a gateway lt1700 with exactly 640k of ram' ;P

hdhzy 9y ago
>> It's thermodynamically sound > Due to the algorithms being inefficient This is by design, when the hardware gets better Bitcoin network starts requiring even more work, so being "efficient" is actually what is not desired here. See: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty