ec2b04a7d6fdeada31a645338a4bb2706b119dda1de6956aaba29f823c37f144My friend and I always argue both sides of everything because we feel it makes us understand more deeply. We have been debating “rent seeking” with housing. Here are some results if you care to expand your perspective.<br><br>Convince me that landlording isn’t just one of the forms of slavery that we’re ok with right now and will soon be added to the list of bad slaveries like serfdom and chattel. <br><a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/Bitcoin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>#</span>Bitcoin</a> is what inspired my conclusion. Landlords capture housing, which is essential to modern life and then demand a ransom that’s directly proportional to the demand for that very necessity. <br>They extort proof of work. They are allowed to obtain proof of work without expending the equivalent energy OR time. As with all things there are cases where it’s not so clear or it even passes the litmus test of ethics. I’m sure there are more but vacation homes aren’t vital to a persons basic human rights but in our post scarcity global economy that we were able to develop, I feel like housing needs to be added to the same list as food, clean water, and yes education and healthcare. <br>We have an enormous amount of resources able to meet the needs of every human on the planet that wants it many times over. It’s apolitical. It’s not communist or socialist or democratic or fascist or idealistic. It’s fact. Even if you don’t consider it a matter of morality, it’s a matter of survival. Thats the instinct coded into the DNA of every organism we’ve ever known to exist. We have enough for everyone to not just survive but thrive. <br>We just entered into a time where we can collaborate with every other thinking brains on earth and even beyond earth. Landlords contribute absolutely nothing to humanity’s success and survival. They are free loaders at best but they actually siphon energy and <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/proofofwork" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>#</span>proofofwork</a> and time that could be going toward scientific research and engineering that benefits mankind. <br>Rent seeking is the result of the economic phase we were born into. Landlording is just one of the many behaviors that are made possible by currently accepted capital allocation that displaces the advanced resource allocation we are capable of. I actually don’t want to be offensive toward landlords but my conclusion so far is that they’re literally holding us back from advancing. Fuck them. <br><a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/bitcoin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>#</span>bitcoin</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/proofofwork" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>#</span>proofofwork</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/capitalismsucks" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>#</span>capitalismsucks</a> <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/philosophy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>#</span>philosophy</a> Nostr
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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pounced-on.me/@finalstaticfox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>finalstaticfox</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dansup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dansup</span></a></span> Well, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethereum</span></a> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a> and it's <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GasWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GasWars</span></a>"</em> really make it not conducive to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/payment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>payment</span></a> applications.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g&t=18m17s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9</span><span class="invisible">g&t=18m17s</span></a></p><ul><li>That being said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> doesn't have that issue and is also fully <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> as in noone can see the senders' balance, sender, amount sent, beneficiary and their balance without having full access to <em>both wallets</em>. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProofOfStake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfStake</span></a> rather increased <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/centralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centralization</span></a> compared to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProofOfWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfWork</span></a> just like ASIC-based mining did.</li></ul><p>Again, I don't deny the problems. I just think it's way less sussy than Western Union or god forbid Hawala...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vmst.io/@maikel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>maikel</span></a></span> basically, it boils down to the few key features of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a>:</p><p><code>1.</code> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anonymity</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a>: Unlike with any other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> (aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoins</span></a>) it's not just pseudonymous in that there is no mandatory linkage between individuals & their wallets, but the entire transaction history and balance is hidden. Unlike say <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethereum</span></a> one cannot track the coins from the moment of mining to their destination.</p><p><code>2.</code> Speed: Monero's network does mine one block every 2 minutes. After 10 blocks any transfered balance gets unlocked for spending. That means that a transfer is completed <em>at worst</em> within 6 minutes and the balance is being unlocked <em>at worst</em> after 24 minutes. This makes it faster than Instant-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEPA</span></a> which only has a 1 hour SLA.</p><p><code>3.</code> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fungibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fungibility</span></a>: Like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cash</span></a> all it's coins are equal, since they cannot be tracked. This makes Monero the digital equivalent of cash.</p><p><code>4.</code> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scalability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scalability</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Stability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stability</span></a>: Monero adaptively self-adjusts block sizes and mining difficulty based upon demand (transactions in it's <code>mempool</code> aka. requested transactions that have to be added to the blockchain) and supply (total blockchain hashrate). Unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum it has a fixed <em>Tail Emission Rate</em> of at least 0,6 <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMR</span></a> (Monero) per block, so the miners solving it get at least 0,6 XMR (+ transaction fees), which is a longterm stable rate. Bitcoin and Ethereum will necessitate huge transfer fees once their last coins are mined to make sense, which will result in the crash of said cryptocurrencies as they'll be too expensive to trade!</p><p><code>5.</code> Anti-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASIC</span></a> and focussed on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a>|s of general-purpose machines: Whilst it does run on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProofOfWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfWork</span></a>, it's specifically designed to run poorly on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPU</span></a>|s and not on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASICs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASICs</span></a> as the latter one are not just <em>manufactured <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eWaste</span></a></em> but also inherently increase the centralization (with less than a dozen big miners controlling >50% of Bitcoin and Ethereum's hashrate respectably). Thus it's the <em>"least worst"</em> in that regard. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProofOfStake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfStake</span></a> is not possible due to it's privacy-based setup (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Staking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Staking</span></a> necessitates a public balance) and unlike a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FileCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FileCoin</span></a> it doesn't incentivize <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hoarding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hoarding</span></a> components. (in this case: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a>|s)</p><p><code>6.</code> Accepted & Convertable: Whilst there is a concerted effort to ban Monero, there are payment processors like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NowPayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NowPayments</span></a> that accept Monero. It's low transaction fees and good speed make it useable in settings like Restaurants and Online Stores (sadly not retail, because it would need to be like 60x faster)... And even then it's easy to convert to/from Shitcoins.</p><p>That's the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TLDW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TLDW</span></a> of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7sLnmlZ-kU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Whiteboard Crypto</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrHsFZBab4U" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mental Outlaw</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H33ggs7bh8M" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Hated One</a>…</p><p>And finally:</p><p><code>7.</code> Monero gets continously developed and enhanced, whereas Bitcoin, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Litecoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Litecoin</span></a> and Ethereum don't even do <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3BF_mE2e6M" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">proper</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/upgrades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>upgrades</span></a> via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HardForks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HardForks</span></a> (see <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EthereumClassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthereumClassic</span></a>)...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@cobordism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cobordism</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hyc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@voxel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>voxel</span></a></span> <em>Noone</em> claims that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> will help <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AbolishCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishCapitalism</span></a>"</em>!</p><ul><li>That would be deranged and in complete denial of reality.</li></ul><p>What is however evident is that only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PostPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoins</span></a> can do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProofOfStake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfStake</span></a> as unlike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProofOfWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfWork</span></a> it <em>inherently necessitates</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PostPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostPrivacy</span></a> as in <a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc/114638342299449486" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>all transactions and amounts are public.</em></a></p><ul><li>I'm pretty shure that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoS</span></a> cannot be implemented (even if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> devs wanted it to!) without making removing Monero's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> that it can retain under <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoW</span></a>.</li></ul><p>Again: I call it <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114638656071829798" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>"least worst"</em></a> for a reason; not <em>"great"</em>, <em>"good"</em> or even <em>"okay"</em>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://berlin.social/@cobordism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cobordism</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hyc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@voxel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>voxel</span></a></span> no, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProfOfStake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProfOfStake</span></a> does concentrate wealth by virtue of having a minimum cap to allow for participation.</p><ul><li>In case of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethereum</span></a> that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoS</span></a> cap was (please feel free to correct me) at 10 ETH, so deep in tue 6-figure (€) area...</li></ul><p>With <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProofOfWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfWork</span></a> there is at least no <em>minimum <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hashrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hashrate</span></a></em> to participate and participating in a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pool</span></a> dies not necessitate to trust someone with funds.</p><ul><li>OFC I don't deny that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoW</span></a> (like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoS</span></a>) requires money to participate (as in neither hardware nor electricity nor bandwith being free). But I'm shure we can agree that getting that is way cheaper than the budget that can buy a house (or sometimes two) in rural Germany.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114638656071829798" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1146386</span><span class="invisible">56071829798</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Proof-of-work to protect lore.kernel.org and git.kernel.org against AI crawlers</p><p><a href="https://social.kernel.org/notice/AsgziNL6zgmdbta3lY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.kernel.org/notice/Asgzi</span><span class="invisible">NL6zgmdbta3lY</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProofOfWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfWork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KernelSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KernelSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Git</span></a></p>
𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕<p>Anubis: self hostable scraper defense software</p><p>Weigh the soul of incoming HTTP requests using proof-of-work to stop AI crawlers</p><p>🧙♀️ <a href="https://anubis.techaro.lol" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">anubis.techaro.lol</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/anubis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anubis</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/http" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>http</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/pow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pow</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/stopai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stopai</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/itsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>itsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/proofofwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proofofwork</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/antii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antii</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/noai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noai</span></a></p>
Damian Yerrick<p>Web scrapers run by LLM companies have become so aggressive that some website operators feel a need to use Anubis, a proof-of-work barrier using script in the browser. I'm told it's less bad than blocking entire countries or making your readers find all the traffic lights.<br><a href="https://anubis.techaro.lol/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">anubis.techaro.lol/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/anubis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anubis</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/antibot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antibot</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/captcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>captcha</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/proofofwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proofofwork</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1933745/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1933745/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Researchers Test a Blockchain That Only Quantum Computers Can Mine <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWave</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pow</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ProofOfWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfWork</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/QuantumBlockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumBlockchain</span></a></p>
TechHelpKB.com 📚<p>Proof-of-work mining such as that used by Bitcoin, both solo and pooled, does not trigger federal securities laws, according to an SEC statement today. Mining operators do not need to register their transactions with the regulator.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proofofwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proofofwork</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/03/20/proof-of-work-crypto-mining-doesn-t-trigger-securities-laws-sec-says" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">coindesk.com/policy/2025/03/20</span><span class="invisible">/proof-of-work-crypto-mining-doesn-t-trigger-securities-laws-sec-says</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Anubis: Proof-of-work proxy to prevent AI crawlers</p><p><a href="https://anubis.techaro.lol/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">anubis.techaro.lol/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anubis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anubis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProofOfWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfWork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Crawlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crawlers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norden.social/@duco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>duco</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://piratenpartei.social/profile/alexis_roussel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alexis_roussel</span></a></span> what makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> the real <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shitcoin</span></a> (along with basically everything that isn't <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a>) is that it's not only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoW</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProofOfWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfWork</span></a>) but also basically <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASIC</span></a>-based, so that means literal metric tons of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eWaste</span></a> get created every year producing those.</p><ul><li>And since ASICs ain't like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a>|s, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPU</span></a>|s & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a>|s, one can't even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reuse</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/upcycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>upcycle</span></a> them for different workloads (like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rendering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rendering</span></a> and general-purpose <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Compute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compute</span></a>) as they are absolutely inflexible in their use-case.</li></ul>
Thomas Kahle<p>Manche Journale schicken einem, nachdem man für sie begutachtet hat, dann am Ende die Entscheidung und alle Reviews zu, also auch die der anderen Referees!! </p><p>In diesem Fall hier war ich Referee 2 und habe ungefähr 2 Seiten geschrieben. Referee 3 hatte ein 2-seitiges PDF abgegeben. </p><p>Fig 1. Das vollständige review von Reviewer 1.</p><p><a href="https://machteburch.social/tags/proofofwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proofofwork</span></a> <a href="https://machteburch.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://machteburch.social/tags/peerreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peerreview</span></a></p>
katzenberger 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@tella" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tella</span></a></span></p><p>I believe you are familiar with <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/blockchains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blockchains</span></a> that are based on <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/ProofOfWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfWork</span></a>, so it should be sufficient to say that the energy required by <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> is already an estimated 120 Twh annually, surpassing several countries.</p><p>While single users may try to calm their conscience by only using a fraction of this (and <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/ProofMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofMode</span></a> by pointing to its aggregation mechanism), it's the sheer scaling effect that matters. Merely by using the bitcoin blockchain with others, you'd also be contributing to stabilizing bitcoin, fostering an even wider usage of it, and faster burning of our planet. As an idiom in my language goes: no raindrop wants to be guilty of the flood. But they are.</p><p><a href="https://ccaf.io/cbnsi/cbeci" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ccaf.io/cbnsi/cbeci</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>With respect to the myth that mining takes place in remote regions, fueled by "clean" electricity from Iceland, you might wish to read this, to see what these compounds are doing to their environment:</p><p><a href="https://time.com/6982015/bitcoin-mining-texas-health/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">time.com/6982015/bitcoin-minin</span><span class="invisible">g-texas-health/</span></a></p><p>In short: proof of work is a crime against humanity.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/huridocs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>huridocs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ngo/@proofmode" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>proofmode</span></a></span></p>
Joseph Bautista<p>In search of something better, I think I've progressed from Threads to Mastodon (the Fediverse) and now to Nostr real quick. </p><p>Quite challenging for a non-tech guy like me (kept me sleepless last night reading up on Nostr) but it's worth the ride- a bumpy one at that. Learned a new technology and new set of jargons even. </p><p>The Fediverse is still my "home universe" though. Will not leave <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VivaldiSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VivaldiSocial</span></a>. This is just me putting one foot in and get a bit of what the party is all about. :)</p><p>And here's my <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/proofofwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proofofwork</span></a>! My npub and Lightning wallet address (yeah, I got all the bells and whistles). :D</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Nostr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nostr</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralized</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>
🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸<p>>“<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> is an honest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/currency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>currency</span></a>. It’s a currency that’s based on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proofOfWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proofOfWork</span></a>. Everything’s on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ledger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ledger</span></a>, it’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a>, and that’s what we need to do with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://decrypt.co/241670/rfk-government-buy-615-billion-in-bitcoin" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">decrypt.co/241670/rfk-governme</span><span class="invisible">nt-buy-615-billion-in-bitcoin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rfkjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rfkjr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/btc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>btc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/web3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web3</span></a></p>
katzenberger 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHCCarr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BenjaminHCCarr</span></a></span> </p><p>This is what "<a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/ProofOfWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProofOfWork</span></a>" looks like, in reality. </p><p>You are competing against many others to prove that you can burn our planet faster than anybody else.</p>
🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸<p>I feel like everyone who tries to explain how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BitcoinMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BitcoinMining</span></a> works gets it wrong; they make it sound like miners are doing all that hashing to "secure the network" or that somehow all the work is required to update the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blockchain</span></a>.</p><p>The truth is, adding a block of transactions is simple, it's just appending to a list. All that "work" in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proofofwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proofofwork</span></a> is just a game of draw-straws; a way of randomly picking who gets to add the next block of transactions so no one can cheat.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/btc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>btc</span></a></p>
PragAgnos<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>heiseonline</span></a></span> </p><p>Wie lange sind wir noch bereit Kryptowährungen mit Proof of Work weiter zu betreiben? Es ist wie bei der <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Klimakatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Klimakatastrophe</span></a> selbst, der Schaden und der Zusammenhang sind längste dokumentiert und nachgewiesen, nur die Politik zieht keine wirksamen Konsequenzen. Haben wir Konzepte wie man Kryptowährungen abwickelt und stilllegt oder warten wir bis wir die <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Energie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energie</span></a> für Proof of Work endgültig nicht mehr aufbringen können? Wieviel Schaden ist uns dieses Spielzeug wert?<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/proofofwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proofofwork</span></a></p>
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