1. its just more efficient method of mining. just like the GPU mining days of OpenCL vs kuda
horseshit, it results in jihad mining empty blocks and congestion in transactions and higher fees. And bigger blocks won't solve it
lol
covert asic boost is not related to empty blocks. might be worth you researching the difference.
even if covert was disabled... empty block mining still occurs
also although antpool has a chinese licence for asic boost, other pools can be using it and you wouldnt even know it
Gmaxwells argument is not that jihan is/could be using it. its that bitcoin has an exploit..
luke Jr wants to use it to try sliding in segwit and other future features without concensus veto
asicboost can be used to help asics be more efficient and strengthen the network against outside attackers
and its a fight over who deserves to use it. or if no one should use it
for instance if left open. some dev could slide in a trojan that wasnt 'virtuous'
for instance if left open. some non bitcoin pool could make a private chain with less ASICS but build higher blockheight privately. and then broadcast it to the network to take over the chain..
gmax wont say it as it will just put idea's into people heads and he would get slammed for hinting it should it ever happen
but anyway lets deal with other pools that do empty blocks
btc.com does
https://blockchain.info/block-height/468613bixin.com does
https://blockchain.info/block-height/4688731hash does
https://blockchain.info/block-height/468570f2pool does
https://blockchain.info/block-height/468721 viabtc does
https://blockchain.info/block-height/468612btc.top does
https://blockchain.info/block-height/468415