https://www.coindesk.com/inside-moneros-last-ditch-effort-to-block-crypto-mining-asics
I guess not so great news for GPU miners...
Edit : but good news for Botnets
This does raise the question : does the end justify the means ?
I guess not so great news for GPU miners...
Edit : but good news for Botnets
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Lingering concerns
Perhaps a more realistic concern in the mind of Ehrenhofer and others is the proliferation of botnets on the monero network as a result of a
CPU-friendly mining algorithm like RandomX.
Perhaps a more realistic concern in the mind of Ehrenhofer and others is the proliferation of botnets on the monero network as a result of a
CPU-friendly mining algorithm like RandomX.
This does raise the question : does the end justify the means ?
This has been a topic for years for Monero. The more ethics neutral / anarchist side of the argument is Botnets secure the network, period.
But I also think there are other aspects that can be considered, such as Monero mining scripts instead of paywalls.
Anyway, it's all a big experiment, yes?