From: Adam Back <adam@cypherspace•org>
To: "Jorge Timón" <jtimon@jtimon•cc>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>,
Daniele Pinna <daniele.pinna@gmail•com>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Dev-list's stance on potentially altering the PoW algorithm
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 10:30:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALqxMTEeLBg-dN9nM7inh33_3bHXZ15a8n-pShQtLzQ2MFCA4w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABm2gDrOt2m6xfYjtVJne6Cm2nawXtA2-a4y7kaEA1fEgkUUUA@mail.gmail.com>
See also https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3n5nws/research_paper_asymmetric_proofofwork_based_on/cvl922x
Adam
On 2 October 2015 at 10:20, Jorge Timón
<bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Oct 2, 2015 10:03 AM, "Daniele Pinna via bitcoin-dev"
> <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>
>> should an algorithm that guarantees protection from ASIC/FPGA optimization
>> be found.
>
> This is demonstrably impossible: anything that can be done with software can
> be done with hardware. This is computer science 101.
> And specialized hardware can always be more efficient, at least energy-wise.
>
> On the other hand, BIP99 explicitly contemplates "anti-miner hardforks"
> (obviously not for so called "ASIC-resistance" [an absurd term coined to
> promote some altcoins], but just for restarting the ASIC and mining market
> in case mining becomes too centralized).
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-10-02 8:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-02 8:02 Daniele Pinna
2015-10-02 8:20 ` Jorge Timón
2015-10-02 8:30 ` Adam Back [this message]
2015-10-02 8:31 ` Daniele Pinna
2015-10-02 10:46 ` NxtChg
2015-10-02 11:00 ` Jorge Timón
2015-10-02 16:38 ` Peter R
[not found] ` <CALqxMTH6r8eJN2Xw+nn1z=6x9Q3TRSQQ6ZMXsmHPyX8dNx+EgA@mail.gmail.com>
2015-10-02 8:30 ` Daniele Pinna
2015-10-02 16:45 ` Gregory Maxwell
2015-10-02 21:37 ` Dave Scotese
2015-10-02 21:31 ` Luke Dashjr
2015-10-02 23:19 ` Milly Bitcoin
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