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One of the things that makes Bitcoin so interesting is that you don't actually need that much sophistication to keep it going. In theory you should be able to r
by Taek 6y ago
One of the things that makes Bitcoin so interesting is that you don't actually need that much sophistication to keep it going. In theory you should be able to run all of Bitcoin on a bunch of raspi's connected to HAM radio towers. As long as you can get blocks around the world, those raspi's should be enough to keep it running.
- croddin 6y agoIf the bitcoin network were ever reduced to that, there would be significant risk of a dedicated miner coming online being able to do a 50% attack.
- thinkloop 6y agoWhy? If the attacker can get that much hash then so can the miners.
- qes 6y ago> In theory you should be able to run all of Bitcoin on a bunch of raspi's If suddenly the computing power available in the world was reduced to a bunch of raspi's, the Bitcoin network would be dead because it would take an inordinately long amount of time to reach the next difficulty adjustment. Only a hard fork could survive.