What is Nostr?
Simon Willison /
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2024-04-09 14:24:11
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Simon Willison on Nostr: there is an important difference with how crypto mining works: crypto mining is ...

there is an important difference with how crypto mining works: crypto mining is deliberately designed as a competition

To win the coin mining lottery you need to burn more energy than anyone else does - it's a revolting scheme which directly incentivizes energy wastage

Training models is different in that you still get a model you can use even if someone else burns more energy to train a bigger one
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