I was an early proponent of crypto currencies, but now it is clear to me that they do more harm than good by a long shot.
And this is really off topic for this list. .hc grarpamp: > (from tor-dev: PoW DoS defenses Prop 305: INTRO Cell) > > On 6/16/19, Chelsea Holland Komlo <m...@chelseakomlo.com> wrote: >> Given the significant environmental impact of POW in other distributed >> systems (blockchain), we should not implement schemes that solve a >> problem for Tor but create problems for people elsewhere (potentially >> irreversible environmental damage). >> >> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/05/energy-cost-of-mining-bitcoin-more-than-twice-that-of-copper-or-gold > > One must first understand and enumerate the *entirety of all global energy > inputs* going into and making up the legacy fiat currency banking systems, > from both Government and Corporate sectors, and its results, before > attempting to make any claims that cryptocurrency is "worse" [1]. > Such cataloging and analysis requires more work, more data, more actual > redpill thought, than just simple hashrate/J/$... so of course people take > shortcuts in such articles, as do other people in their pronouncements > stemming from them. > >> Other less-destructive schemes exist to prevent DoS attacks. POW is a >> method, not a goal in itself. Taking a step back and examining the full >> spectrum of available tools would be better. > > The needs and model for overlay nets, ie tor, will of course be > different than those above. > And always interesting where tech various ends up being applied. > > [1] Hint: Cryptocurrency actually consumes less, and further finally forces > inefficiency and other undesired things out of Fiat by displacing it... > hopefully faster than it can adapt. Some say that has a value, one that > many will be quite happy to sink a bit of premium into if need be. > _______________________________________________ > tor-dev mailing list > tor-dev@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev > -- PGP fingerprint: EE66 20C7 136B 0D2C 456C 0A4D E9E2 8DEA 00AA 5556 https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xE9E28DEA00AA5556 _______________________________________________ tor-dev mailing list tor-dev@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev
