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> the hash machines Not all PoW is hash based. Some, like Cuckatoo Cycle [1], are based on writing and reading random bits within hundreds of MB of memory, and
by tromp 5y ago
> the hash machines
Not all PoW is hash based. Some, like Cuckatoo Cycle [1], are based on writing and reading random bits within hundreds of MB of memory, and ASICs for such PoW are dominated by SRAM, which can in principle be repurposed.
[1] https://github.com/tromp/cuckoo https://github.com/tromp/cuckoo
- henearkr 5y agoAlso PoS. Those are the grey area where I don't have as much strong opinions anymore. As they are less compute-intensive, the benefit is more likely.