Proof of Work

Bitcoin mining and monopoly
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9 March, 2022

Bitcoin mining and monopoly

Bitcoin mining under Proof-of-Work is less likely to result in a monopoly. On the other hand, Proof-of-Stake has natural gravitation...
Hey David Rosenthal: A response from one industry visionary to another…
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21 February, 2022

Hey David Rosenthal: A response from one industry visionary to another…

Jerry Chan examines Nvidia employee and OpenBSD hacker David Rosenthal's article, which details a lecture he gave at Stanford University...
ESMA vice chair seeks proof of work mining ban for European Union
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4 February, 2022

ESMA vice chair seeks proof of work mining ban for European Union

The top executive suggests a proof of work (PoW) mining ban as well as a switch to proof of stake...
Why aren’t you on (insert blockchain here)?
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1 February, 2022

Why aren’t you on (insert blockchain here)?

Building things on blockchain leads inevitably to questions about the latest hotness, and there’s always the latest hotness, Greg Bledsoe...
Run a Bitcoin node, honestly
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31 January, 2022

Run a Bitcoin node, honestly

Bitcoin is a consensus network designed to solve the Byzantine Generals Problem with proof of work. If that sounds insane,...
No more Ethereum 2.0 as names change to ease scaling stumbles
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27 January, 2022

No more Ethereum 2.0 as names change to ease scaling stumbles

The project to upgrade Ethereum has transformed into organizing a "consensus layer" and "execution layer" as ETH edges toward its...