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Contraband markets, ransomware authors, and scammers. The world is wasting power on hashing to support that.
by floatboth 9y ago
Contraband markets, ransomware authors, and scammers. The world is wasting power on hashing to support that.
- AlexCoventry 9y agoThe consensus doesn't have to be based on PoW. Almost all interesting cryptocurrencies (well, interesting to me) use or plan to use proof-of-share mechanisms. Check out Algorand, for instance: https://www.algorand.com/how-it-works/ https://www.algorand.com/how-it-works/
- m00nfish 9y agoClearly the scions of a new age!