Luca, We use Scrypt algo for PoW, so in that sense we are closer to Litecoin than Bitcoin.
But we also do soft check points, read about it here: http://twister.net.co/?p=245 PoW is not performed in background for every peer unless you explicitly enable it. If you do so, you will be able to send promoted messages whenever you "mine" a new block. regards, Miguel On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Luca Matteis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I understand, after reading the paper, that the PoW is used to secure the > blockchain which contains the usernames (mapped to their addresses) so that > users can use usernames rather than the long unreadable addresses. > > However I don't understand who's actually running the PoW. Is each peer > running the PoW in the background? If yes, which algorithm? If it's a well > known algorithm, wouldn't miners from cryptocurrencies (which have ASICs > laying around) be able to fork the blockchain and replace certain blocks > and obtain control of specific usernames? > > Thanks for any clarification, > Luca > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "twister-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "twister-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
