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energy is not wasted by proof of work, it is valuably expended to achieve the immutability of the ledger
by exit 5y ago
energy is not wasted by proof of work, it is valuably expended to achieve the immutability of the ledger
- giantrobot 5y agoSorry, this is Poe's Law territory. I honestly can't tell if you're being sarcastic. A blockchain doesn't need some wasteful mechanism to be immutable. Boring old cryptographic signing does the same thing. But Bitcoin et al want their ludicrous "No one can be trusted! Except all the points of trust required to make the system works of course!" system.