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Entertaining people, without a question. Proof of work tries to substitute wasteful consumption for trustworthiness, which is a fool's errand.
by MereInterest 9y ago
Entertaining people, without a question. Proof of work tries to substitute wasteful consumption for trustworthiness, which is a fool's errand.
- dsacco 9y agoYou could also say it’s arbitraging energy for trusted computation, which is a generous rephrasing that acknowledges its potential. There might be cases where such an arbitrage is worth it.