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You would think someone would have by now invented a crypto currency who’s token is a correctly folded protein. There’s probably a rule, or law, or some such,
by TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
You would think someone would have by now invented a crypto currency who’s token is a correctly folded protein.
There’s probably a rule, or law, or some such, that predicts if I do an internet search for this I will find it is already a thing.
- bostik 9y agoI saw a talk by researcher in the UK who has been toying around with the concept of cryptocurrencies with useful proof-of-work schemes. Mirror of Faye's talk slides here: https://yadi.sk/d/8ezgDZvO3PLZ6C https://yadi.sk/d/8ezgDZvO3PLZ6C
- mg74 9y agoSadly, the reason PoW works as a way to provide a trustless system that functions as long as 51% of the power is neutral, the solution has to be completely random and unpredictable. Otherwise the operator with the most powerful rig would outperform everyone else often enough for the system to be susceptible to bad actors. It is not sufficient for the PoW just to be extremely hard.