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aback
11y ago
This reflects a misunderstanding of the drivers of mining costs. Mining only costs a lot because coin value is high and the block reward is high. This means miners are willing to spend more to win the reward. As the block reward lowers then
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aback
11y ago
> Without artificial scarcity of block space Or natural scarcity, which already exists.
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11y ago
> The nature of Nakamoto consensus is such that consensus parameters are not up to vote. One of two things must therefore be true: 1. If consensus parameters cannot be voted on then Bitcoin is a failure, and Core's huge war against