• Victoria Antoinette
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    06 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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      16 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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        16 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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          16 months ago

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

          • Victoria Antoinette
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            16 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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              16 months ago

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

              • Victoria Antoinette
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                16 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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                  16 months ago

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