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). > > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
