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But why not mine bitcoins client-side with millions of mobile users? (/s)

• jules-jules 8y ago
  If that would mean staying independent and free from economic/political interference, why not?
  • ForHackernews 8y ago
    Because users like their batteries? Because trying to do crypto properly in a language without integers is recipe for disaster?
  • bduerst 8y ago
    That would require Bitcoin to be free from economic/political interference first, and given the the block size debacle and concentration of power with the Chinese miners, that's not the case.