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rate of change may actually be decreasing, as the low hanging fruit isn't there anymore. it may be that big breakthroughs like the last century will be fewer a
by markyc 7y ago
rate of change may actually be decreasing, as the low hanging fruit isn't there anymore.
it may be that big breakthroughs like the last century will be fewer and further apart, especially with lots of energy (physical and intelectual) spent on bitcoin, social media and consuming in general
- mlcrypto 7y agoIs there a way to use the Bitcoin hash rate to solve more meaningful problems than SHA-256 while still being cryptographically secure? Imagine if we could send math problems to the Bitcoin network, is this possible?
- jacobush 7y agoThe closest anyone has found is PrimeCoin, which might have a slight usability to it.