• @Fisch
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      44 months ago

      Monero’s POW algorithm is very different from most others tho because it brings in randomization, which makes it way more efficient to use a CPU instead of a GPU and distributes what miners mine, making powerful systems get less and slow systems get more.

        • @Fisch
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          34 months ago

          Didn’t expect the “privacy is only for criminals” take here

    • @BloodSlut@lemmy.world
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      34 months ago

      i like banano because its a memecoin where the proof of work is distributed computing for medical research

      • dantheclammanOP
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        24 months ago

        That is interesting and seems much less wasteful! I have thought often of my time in the 2000s using my PS3 for Folding@Home. So many processor cycles being wasted on nonsense right now