• @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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    2 months ago

    So … Bitcoin matching PoS energy consumption is as knowable as monkeys flying out of my butt.

    Gotcha. Conversations like this are what give Bitcoin Maxis a bad name.

    • Victoria Antoinette
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      02 months ago

      i haven’t taken any position on “bitcoin maxis”. i’m only discussing the protocol and the limits of knowledge. you are making all manner of leaps of logic.

      • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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        12 months ago

        A Maxi would be unable to admit that there is no imaginable scenario where the bitcoin protocol will drop to the low energy requirements of a PoS blockchain.

        • Victoria Antoinette
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          12 months ago

          there is no energy requirement at all for either mining method. the protocols are energy-agnostic.

          • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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            12 months ago

            Incorrect. Bitcoin protocol is designed to distribute bitcoin to whoever provides the most energy (work).

            • Victoria Antoinette
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              12 months ago

              it’s all just guess-and-check. a raspberry pi could find the next block even today.

              • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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                12 months ago

                Agreed. Because they can’t provide enough power to prove the required work.

                • Victoria Antoinette
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                  12 months ago

                  i think you read a word that isn’t there. the work of generating a nonce, hashing the header, and checking for leading zeroes can certainly be done by a raspberry pi in under the 10 minute block time.

                  • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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                    12 months ago

                    A raspberry pi could verify a bitcoin block. It is EXTREMELY unlikely to find the next block.