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The way Craig Wright's lawyers describe proof-of-work is... special.
Source: https://cswarchive.info/sites/default/files/2021-08/2020_04_22%20Filing%20-%20Amended%20Reply.pdf (Peter McCormick defamation case)
@pete a textbook example of causal inversion
@pete Both of those are entirely wrong.
> a known number of computations
The algorithms for the next block in most blockchains is essentially a brute force hashing attack. The number of iterations needed is not known (unless you're talking about an upper limit, maybe).
> a known number of computations
The algorithms for the next block in most blockchains is essentially a brute force hashing attack. The number of iterations needed is not known (unless you're talking about an upper limit, maybe).
