Interesting! I didn't notice BIP 99's anti-miner hardfork proposal.... thanks for pointing it out to me.
Dpinna Daniele Pinna, Ph.D On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Jorge Timón <jti...@jtimon.cc> 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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