• @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.

              • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
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                16 months ago

                A hash rate that requires 170TWh of electricity. There are no scenarios where this drops more than 99%, except for the destruction of bitcoin.