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All proof-of-work is. Because the "work" being "proven" isn't actual work. It's just waste.

• henvic 6y ago
  Congratulations! I see you got downvoted for telling the truth.
  • jachee 6y ago
    After being here for 12 years, I'm used to it. ;)
    • treeman79 6y ago
      At a certain point gotta take pride in being downvoted for uncomfortable truths.
• redis_mlc 6y ago
  PoW = Proof of Waste :)
• _flux 6y ago
  Counterexample: https://foldingcoin.net/ https://foldingcoin.net/ Or maybe it's the example that proves the rule..
  • imtringued 6y ago
    To be fair, this only works because it is difficult to make money off of protein folding. It is kind of a waste, but not wasteful enough to criticize it.