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Is there a point to these hashes? Does bitcoin just encourage people as a whole to make a trillion trillion hashes? I hope there'll never be a green bitcoin, it
by tobylane 15y ago
Is there a point to these hashes? Does bitcoin just encourage people as a whole to make a trillion trillion hashes? I hope there'll never be a green bitcoin, it would be such a lie.
Can't someone adapt it to look for md5/sha clashes?
- gmartres 15y agoThe whole point is to verify that transactions are legitimate: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:Mining https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category:Mining
- tobylane 15y agoI think I get it, but it could be a lot more accessible. Law-makers (not lawyers) would be less wrongly opposed to something they understand.