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> If we could come up with a way of providing some sort of proof of individuality we would solve alot of problems. I've been thinking about this in the past we
by konschubert 9y ago
> If we could come up with a way of providing some sort of proof of individuality we would solve alot of problems.
I've been thinking about this in the past weeks because I find the energy consumption hard to justify.
Proof of individuality still would allow people of power to use an army of identity soldiers... but the same people can buy hash rate today, so that would not be a regression.
- j1vms 9y ago> Proof of individuality still would allow people of power to use an army of identity soldiers (...) Which would point toward some form of Proof of (Human Free Will + Random Selection) being the "ideal" mining scheme (at least theoretically). And all other schemes, being practical attempts to approach that as much as possible.
- gitgud 9y agoIt could also provide people in power with a reason to control or enslave other individuals to acquire control of the network.
- konschubert 9y agoAt the risk of sounding like a teenager: How different is that from powerful people controlling or enslaving individuals to make money which they can then use to acquire control over the network?