Quote from: Abiky on Today at 07:46:34 PM

Quote from: Tipstar on April 28, 2020, 03:37:04 AM

The newer OS are actually the graphical improvement of the older ones. I don't think anybody would be using DOS or BASIC unless for the specific fields that has been using it. i.e. no personal computer in the world would be a DOS or BASIC. It would be possible to make crypto work in a DOS computer that's on modern hardware but it won't run on a 44mb disk.

Limited storage space is a huge limitation for running crypto on older systems. I've figured that it wouldn't be feasible to develop a cryptocurrency with old programming languages on old operating systems. Crypto hashing algorithms require some processing power which could make a developer's life impossible with low-end CPUs. Imagine running a Blockchain network on a single-core CPU with very low RAM, small storage space, and a slow data-transfer rate. It'll take months or even years to design a cryptocurrency of a large scale like Bitcoin on it.

I'll be surprised to see someone design a cryptocurrency on a system which uses outdated operating systems like MS-DOS, Windows 95, or Windows ME with very limited hardware requirements. It's not impossible to do it, but not entirely feasible for today's standards. People from third-world countries would be forced to get a modern system (either a PC or mobile device) just to get access to crypto. As long as anyone will be able to use crypto in the most affordable way possible, nothing else matters. Just my opinion

Look at what Temtum has deployed - a very small scalable blockchain to run in countries like africa - on older hardware while still keeping the cryptography modern !

It can be done ! - Temtum has done it and deployed their mainnet