sommerfeld on Nostr: There is no such thing as ASIC-resistance. If plebs cannot pass POW requirements ...
There is no such thing as ASIC-resistance.
If plebs cannot pass POW requirements using their home cpus because bots use ASCIS, then there will be NOSTR ASIC honest miners that will accept sats to overcome high POW requirements in such a way as to make bots priced out.
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2022-12-20 17:41:34Event JSON
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